Your Inner Fish
2014•59m
Documentary
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.
Production
Windfall Films, Tangled Bank Studios
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
April 9, 2014
Last Aired
April 23, 2014
Networks
PBS, BBC Four, YouTube, Discovery Science
Created By
Neil Shubin
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Your Inner Fish
Air date: 2014-04-09
In the opening episode, Neil journeys from an American highway to the Arctic Circle to connect our lungs, arms, legs and hands to a prehistoric fish that crawled onto land 375 million years ago.
E2
Your Inner Reptile
Air date: 2014-04-16
Episode 2 traces our hair, skin, teeth, jaws and sense of hearing back to reptilian ancestors - from ferocious beasts that ruled the Earth, to a little shrew-like animal that lived 195 million years ago.
E3
Your Inner Monkey
Air date: 2014-04-23
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.
Cast
Neil Shubin
Self - Presenter
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