Neil Shubin

New Evidence Suggests That Human Limbs Evolved From Shark Gills

Prof. Neil Shubin discusses ‘compelling’ research showing evolutionary link between gills and limbs


Fossilized Jaw Bone Reveals Early Evolution of Mammals

Video: Prof. Neil Shubin discusses his research on one of the earliest known mammals


Scientific Chicago with Neil Shubin

Video: Prof. Neil Shubin highlights scientific research done by Chicago-area institutions


Pluto Is Just a Baby Step for Humankind

Article cites Prof. Neil Shubin, who says New Horizon's Pluto mission 'lets us see beyond ourselves in an entirely new way'


Scientific Chicago with Neil Shubin

Video: Prof. Neil Shubin discusses UChicago research, which finds adults can be trained to obtain ‘perfect pitch’


Do Fish Have Fingers?

Audio: Andrew Gerke discusses research with Prof. Neil Shubin, which finds fish fins genetically linked to hands of modern animals


Neil Shubin

Title: Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Expertise: Evolutionary biology, Organismal biology and anatomy, Paleontology

Departmental website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/shubin_n.html