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Your Inner Fish

Our Fishy Brain

While the human brain may seem exceptional, the truth is that it has some deep similarities with many other animals', including fish. Anatomist Neil Shubin dissects a fish brain and a human brain and shows us how much we have in common with sea-dwelling creatures.
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Your Inner Monkey
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Season 1 Episode 3
Your Inner Monkey
Find out which beneficial traits our primate progenitors bequeathed us.
Your Inner Reptile
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Season 1 Episode 2
Your Inner Reptile
Learn which parts of our bodies we’ve inherited from our reptilian ancestors.
Your Inner Fish
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Season 1 Episode 1
Your Inner Fish
See how the genetic legacy of a fish can be seen today in our own DNA.
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