How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates - the ancestors you never knew - are in your family tree.
Episodes
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Episode 3, Season 1
Your Inner MonkeyFind out which beneficial traits our primate progenitors bequeathed us.54:40 -
Episode 2, Season 1
Your Inner ReptileLearn which parts of our bodies we’ve inherited from our reptilian ancestors.54:46 -
Episode 1, Season 1
Your Inner FishSee how the genetic legacy of a fish can be seen today in our own DNA.55:11
