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Read Science! Episode 20 : “Your Inner Fish” Edition
In this episode we talked with paleontologist, author, and television presenter Neil Shubin, author of “Your Inner Fish : A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”; and scientific illustrator Kalliopi Monoyios, who illustrated “Your Inner Fish”. We talked about the discovery of the Tiktaalik fossil by Shubin’s team (and saw a neat cast of its skull), most every scientific discipline you can think of an how they’re related, and the importance of art in science and science communication. We probably mentioned teeth, too, because who can talk about fossils without mentioning teeth?

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Watch Your Inner Fish on PBS
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8 years ago Read Science!, Video • Tags: Google Hangout on Air, Jeff Shaumeyer, Joanne Manaster, Kalliopi Monoyoios, Neil Shubin, Read Science!, science illustration, Tiktaalik, video, Your Inner Fish