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Your Inner Fish

The Ancient History of the Human Hand

Anatomist and paleontologist Neil Shubin has long been inspired by the hand's architecture and abilities. He traces this quintessentially human feature back in time to when our ancestors were fish living at the water's edge.

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Find out which beneficial traits our primate progenitors bequeathed us.

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Learn which parts of our bodies we’ve inherited from our reptilian ancestors.

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See how the genetic legacy of a fish can be seen today in our own DNA.