Neil Shubin

Associate Dean and Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy

The University of Chicago

Hot Science - Cool Talks Vol. 70

March 25, 2011

Your Inner Fish

Photo courtesy: Tylor Keillor

Finding Finding Your Inner FishYour Inner Fish

Flat, wide headDorsal eyes

Neck

fingers, wristtoes, ankle

OngoingCatskillProject

EastGreenland

well studiedArcticIslands

unexplored

NUNAVUT

Ile Vanier, Bathurst Island Group, 1999

Goose Fiord, southern Ellesmere Island, 2000

Site NV2K17, Fram Formation, Ellesmere Island, 2000

Site NV2K17, Fram Formation, Ellesmere Island, 2002

Site NV2K17, southern Ellesmere Island, 2006

Tiktaalik

Large Freshwater Fish(Inuktituk)

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustration by: Kalliope Monyios

Einstein Fish

Human Embryo

Shark Embryo

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Human Embryo Bones in adult Arteries in adult

SharkEmbryo Adult shark

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

Illustrations by: Kalliopi Monoyios

July 1974 July 2004

This presentation is provided as part of the Hot Science – Cool Talks Outreach Series, and is

supported by the Environmental Science Institute, the Jackson School of Geosciences, and the

College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

Additional support provided in part by a grant from the Motorola Foundation.