# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-shubin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:00:51.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-shubin"
name: "Neil Shubin"
slug: "neil-shubin"
description: "Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins."
tagline: "American paleontologist (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Shubin.jpg?width=1200"
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birthDate: "1960-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump