Neil Shubin

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American paleontologist (born 1960)

United States AcademicsBorn 1960 · age 65

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Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R.

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2008Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Guggenheim Fellowship

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Academics from United States 6

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Malcolm Kerr49.3

Ed Ricketts49.3 Charles Sibley49.3 Arnold Harberger49.3 Eugene Thacker49.3

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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.

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