Organismal biology and anatomy

Neil Shubin: Tracing fins to limbs

Since making headlines two years ago with a surprising 375-million-year-old fossil, the evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin continues to unlock the secrets of life’s formerly blurry transition from sea to land.


Hannah Hayes

Neil Shubin

Title: Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; Associate Dean of Basic Science Research, Academic Strategy

Expertise: Evolutionary biology, Organismal biology and anatomy, Paleontology

Departmental website: https://oba.bsd.uchicago.edu/faculty/neil-h-shubin-phd