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Polypterus sits on the treadmill in the flow tank

Researchers want to know: Why would a creature who can swim ever want to walk?

Jul 25, 2023

New fossil shows four-legged fishapod that returned to the water while Tiktaalik ventured onto land

Jul 20, 2022

Prof. Neil Shubin discusses the story and science behind finding ‘missing link’ fossils

Apr 23, 2021

The 2021 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture with Prof. Neil Shubin

Apr 20, 2021

Neil Shubin stands behind a model of Tiktaalik, a 375-million-year-old "fishapod"

Neil Shubin to discuss ‘Your Inner Fish’ in University of Chicago Ryerson Lecture

Mar 23, 2021

New clues emerge on how early tetrapods learned to live—and eat—on land

Feb 4, 2021

Two views, one from above and one from the side, of a mottled, large-bodied fish with four short fins and a large paddle-shaped tail

How fish fins evolved just before the transition to land

Jan 2, 2020

How mapping a fish’s genome can teach us about human evolution

Aug 17, 2018

Discovering the Missing Link with Neil Shubin (Ep. 1)

Prof. Neil Shubin discusses his discovery of Tiktaalik roseae, the 375-million-year-old fossil that was a missing link between sea and land animals—and what it meant for the understanding of human evolution and how it has impacted the future of genetic research.

Big Brains podcast premieres with what ancient fish reveal about humans

Apr 16, 2018