Dr. Neil Shubin: Ends of the Earth

Let’s take a break from “rage Friday” and enjoy a “science Friday” instead! Join us on December 19 at noon (MST) as we welcome Dr. Neil Shubin, author of Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future.

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At the University of Chicago, Dr. Shubin is the Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, on the Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology , and Associate Dean of Basic Science Research, Academic Strategy. He’s an evolutionary biologist who seeks to seeks to understand the mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas, and has developed expeditionary research programs in Canada, Africa, the continental United States, Asia, and Greenland that have led to new insights on the origin of major groups of vertebrates.

His many publications include Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body, and Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA.