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Neil H. Shubin

National Academy of Sciences 2015 Communication Award with Michael Rosenfeld and David Dugan in Film/Radio/TV for "Your Inner Fish" Neil Shubin (born December 22, 1960) is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.

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Neil Shubin at the University of Tulsa, with a cast of a Tiktaalik skull

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Name
Neil Shubin
Born
22 December 1960
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education
Columbia University (A.B.) Harvard University (Ph.D.)
Known for
Discovery of Tiktaalik roseae and evolutionary developmental biology
Awards
Miller Research Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship National Academy of Sciences
Nationality
United States
Occupation
paleontologist · university teacher · writer · anatomist
Fields
paleontology
Teachers
Farish Jenkins
Honours
Guggenheim Fellowship · Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Languages
English

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National Academy of Sciences 2015 Communication Award with Michael Rosenfeld and David Dugan in Film/Radio/TV for "Your Inner Fish" Neil Shubin (born December 22, 1960) is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Archives and collections
  4. 04Honours and memberships
  5. 05Notes, references and evidence

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