Neil Shubin
Paleontologist and science writer
Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who teaches at the University of Chicago. He also writes popular science, including Your Inner Fish.
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American Born 1960 in Philadelphia, United States
About Neil Shubin
Shubin was born in 1960. His studies took him to Columbia, Harvard, and Berkeley. He is best known for co-discovering Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins. He hosted the PBS miniseries Your Inner Fish, which won an Emmy Award and grew out of his bestselling book of the same name. His books include Your Inner Fish, The Universe Within, and Some Assembly Required. He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. In 2026 he was elected as the academy's next president, with a term beginning on July 1, 2026.