![]() Remarkably, we can trace the ancestry of our own hands and arms all the way back to these fins. After years of searching, he and his colleagues finally found a fossilized fish, known as Tiktaalik, that had enough strength in its front fins to do pushups and heave itself out of the water. Shubin's quest for the fossil record of this primeval predecessor takes viewers from highway cuts in rural Pennsylvania to the remote Arctic. In the first episode, "Your Inner Fish," he journeys back to a time, some 375 million years ago, when the first fish crawled up onto land. ![]() Using both the fossil record and DNA evidence, he traces various parts of our body's structure to creatures that lived long, long ago. Shubin has spent much of his life studying our ancient ancestors-searching for the deep pedigree of Homo sapiens. The three-part series reveals a startling truth: Hidden within the human body is a story of life on Earth.īased on a best-selling book by evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin, this scientific adventure story takes viewers from Ethiopia to the Arctic Circle on a hunt for the many ways that our animal ancestors shaped our anatomical destiny. Have you ever wondered why the human body looks the way it does? Why we walk on two legs instead of four? Why we can see in color but have a lousy sense of smell? Your Inner Fish delves deep into the past to answer questions like these. ![]() ![]() ![]() Science Documentary hosted by Neil Shubin, ![]()
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