Episodes

Season 1, 3 episodes

Episode 1: Your Inner Fish
- Now playing
- 59m
- Apr 9, 2014
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.
Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile
- 59m
- Apr 16, 2014
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.
Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey
- 59m
- Apr 23, 2014
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.

Your Inner Fish

2014
1 season
59m per episode
Documentary

Overview

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.

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Ran for 1 season and 3 episodes (2014)
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Created by: Neil Shubin
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
First aired: April 9, 2014
Last aired: April 23, 2014
Original language: English

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Neil ShubinSelf - Presenter

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Episodes

Season 1, 3 episodes

Episode 1: Your Inner Fish
- Now playing
- 59m
- Apr 9, 2014
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.
Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile
- 59m
- Apr 16, 2014
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.
Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey
- 59m
- Apr 23, 2014
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.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Your Inner Fish

E2 Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile

E3 Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey

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E1 Episode 1: Your Inner Fish

E2 Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile

E3 Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey

Episode 1: Your Inner Fish

Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile

Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey

Episode 1: Your Inner Fish

Episode 2: Your Inner Reptile

Episode 3: Your Inner Monkey