Your Inner Fish

It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates, the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree. Our bodies carry the anatomical legacy of animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.

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Created By	Neil Shubin
Status	Ended
Original Name	Your Inner Fish
First Air Date	April 9, 2014
Last Air Date	April 23, 2014
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	59min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
Production Companies	Windfall Films Tangled Bank Studios
Networks	PBS BBC Four YouTube Discovery Science

S01E03

Your Inner Monkey

In the final episode, Neil tracks our hands, feet, colour vision, spine and upright gait to our primate and hominid progenitors, who also passed on perhaps the most important legacy of all - a path to the human brain.

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