Based on a bestselling book by evolutionary biologist neil shubin, this scientific adventure story takes viewers from ethiopia to the arctic circle on a hunt for. The summer after he taught this course, he discovered a fossil fish from 375 million years ago that reframes the transition between fish and land animals. Shubin mingles observable wonders of biology with evolutionary explanations for their origin. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In an episode of shubins new pbs series, your inner fish, based on his bestselling book of the same name, he cups a tiny jurassic reptile called a tritheledont in his palm before it jumps off. Come facetoface with your inner fish in this completely new take on the human body.
It goes into detail on something i already knew about. In 2008, neil shubin published his bestselling book, your inner fish. He teaches the viewers about human evolution including how the body became complex and complicated. Join up with host and paleobiologist neil shubin to look for clues inside the human body that help answer questions about our ancient past, spanning from our primate relatives to our prehistoric fishy ancestors. If you want to expand your knowledge and find out the answers to some intriguing questions, take a look at our list of 11 best science documentaries on. The show was produced by windfall films and tangled bank studios, a production company for the howard hughes medical institute that makes materials available for science classroom education. Recognizing your inner fish paleontologist neil shubin discusses his new book, your inner fish. A key moment in our evolutionary saga occurred 200 million years ago, when the ferocious reptilelike animals that roamed the earth were in the process of evolving into shrewlike mammals.
From pbs our arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered onto land some 375 million years ago. Simultaneously with the your inner fish documentary the analysis of the rear half of the fossil was published. Premiered april 2014 how did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today. The amazing discovery of our 375millionyearold ancestor 01 by shubin, neil isbn.
Neil shubin, the author and narrator, opens the book with a story about his experience teaching a human anatomy course at the university of chicago, even though his degree and research has been primarily in paleontology. Your inner fish writing assignment by maureen cooney tpt. If evolution is true, and if life on earth originated in. Shubins bestselling book about his discovery, your inner fish. Neil shubin is a vertebrate paleontologist who discovered the fossil fish tiktaalik roseae.
See video and read about the host of your inner fish. The average tomatometer is the sum of all season scores divided by the number of seasons with a. Fish paleontologist shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the human body evolved into its present state. We are able to see vestiges of these past forms in our own bodies today, and we can experience a sense of awe and wonder at the depth of time represented in earths. As in your inner fish and your inner reptile, your inner monkey uses both genetic and fossilbased arguments to support its claims. This 34page guide for your inner fish by neil shubin includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 11 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Explore these exciting clips, interactives, and teaching resources from the hit pbs show your inner fish, the revolutionary new perspective on natural history and evolution science. This film explores how the genetic and anatomical legacy of a fish can be seen today in the human body.
As professor of biology and anatomy at the university of chicago, he is certainly qualified to approach this topic. Join neil shubin for a quirky examination of fossils and dna. This cuttingedge scientific adventure reveals a startling truth. Your inner fish is a magnificent documentary series that demonstrates how the human body is related to several ancestral creatures such as ancient fish, reptiles, and primates. A series gets an average tomatometer when at least 50 percent of its seasons have a score. Your inner fish summary from litcharts the creators of. Here i show a fossil as it travels from the field to the lab and is carefully prepared as a specimen.
The show is hosted by neil shubin who is an anatomist. Be sure to include the types of rocks and their location during their paleontology work in 2004. But our reptilian ancestors left their mark on many parts. Hidden within the human body is a story of life on earth. Your inner fish neil shubin pbs nature documentaries. The television series your inner fish teaches about evolution but in a fun and creative way. 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.
Explain why the author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils. Sir richard owen was the first scientist to notice what skeletal pattern. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. It is possible that tritheledontidae had vibrissae, according to the pbs documentary, your inner fish. He claims the human body itself contains the evidence for evolution and that we are, every one of us, just a juryrigged fish. By examining fossils and dna, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like longextinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. The pelvic bone was a real suprise because it was quite large. Your inner fish delves deep into the past to answer these questions. Your inner fish, hosted on pbs by fish paleontologist neil shubin of tiktaalik fame, blends fishy fables with embryology, genetics, and human anatomy.
How did the human body become the complicated, quirky and amazing machine it is today. Your inner fish is a 3part science series that takes a fresh look at human evolution. A first episode, outof the 3 parts long, documentary series, your inner fish. See how the genetic legacy of a fish can be seen today in our own dna. 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. Shubins quest for the fossil record of this primeval predecessor takes viewers from highway cuts in rural pennsylvania to the remote arctic.
I wrote this as a writing assignment to accompany the documentary your inner fish with dr. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of. Finding your inner fish in neil shubins your inner fish. Documentary tv series our arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered onto land some 375 million years ago. What are hox genes and why are they so important, from the book.
Your inner fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The family tritheledontidae was named by south african paleontologist robert broom in 1912. Adam driver is best known for his roles in the star wars franchise and blackkklansman.
Shubins book was such a success that it was a natural fit for a documentary. He was elected to the american philosophical society in 2017. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Neil shubins your inner fish is an attempt to link, through evolution, virtually every organism that has ever lived on earth. The genetic legacy of this creature can be seen today in our own dna, including the genes used to build our hands and limbs. To the full playlist of your inner fish, click on the link below. The content on this show is appropriate for children to watch. In a concluding segment to connect humanity back to an ancient worm, we meet amphioxus, a filterfeeding marine invertebrate that has a. Anatomist neil shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. The genetic legacy of this creature can be seen today in our own dna. Chapter one finding your inner fish typical summers of my adult life are spent in snow and sleet, cracking rocks on cliffs well north of the arctic circle. Finding our inner fish one very important human ancestor was an ancient fish.
Your inner fish delves deep into the past to answer questions like these. Download natural selection and social theory selected papers of. Neil shubin is the author of the bestselling your inner fish, which was chosen by the national academy of sciences as the best book of the year in 2009. If you want to expand your knowledge and find out the answers to some intriguing questions, take a look at our list of 11 best science documentaries on youtube.
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