98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors

February 04, 2023 57m

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Neil Shubin hunts for fossils in the Arctic and experiments with D.N.A. in the lab, hoping to find out how fish evolved to walk on land. He explains why unlocking these answers could help humans today.

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98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors

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