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Finding Your Inner Fish (2011)

Public Lecture at UTAustin

Neil Shubin talks to an audience at the University of Texas at Austin about the discovery of Tiktaalik and it's larger implications. Suitable for a general audience. Recorded February 25, 2011.

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Finding Tiktaalik (2010)

It takes a lot of time and preparation to run a fossil collecting trip to the Arctic. Follow the Shubin HeadCam as we take you back to experience the trip that discovered Tiktaalik.

Bringing Tiktaalik Home (2010)

It's a long way from a quarry in the Canadian Arctic to fossil labs in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Follow the Shubin HeadCam as we take you back to experience the trip that brought Tiktaalik home.

The Colbert Report (2008)

Shubin on The Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert quizzes Neil Shubin on his new book, Your Inner Fish.

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The Colbert Report (2006)

Daeschler on The Colbert Report

Ted Daeschler introduces Stephen Colbert to Tiktaalik roseae shortly after its discovery.

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Bloggingheads.tv with Carl Zimmer

Bloggingheads Video with Zimmer and Shubin

Carl Zimmer, a popular science writer, interviews Neil Shubin about the discovery of Tiktaalik, why scientists avoid the phrase "missing link," and the record of history we take for granted in our own bodies, among other things.

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NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

News Hour with Jim Lehrer

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer interviews Ted Daeschler on the discovery of Tiktaalik in April 2006.

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Segment from "Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial"

Nova clip

In this segment from a NOVA special focussing on the 2004 Dover, Pennsylvania trial, Neil Shubin explains how Tiktaalik roseae is such a wonderful example of evolution. Purchase the DVD.

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"Building Tiktaalik"

Reconstructing Tiktaalik video

University of Chicago artist Tyler Keillor brings you inside his studio to reveal how he turns a collection of fossilized bones into a life-like sculpture of Tiktaalik roseae.

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Lecture: (51 min.) "Discovering a Link Between Fish & Limbed Animals"

NSF Lecture by Daeschler and Shubin

A joint lecture by Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin describing the discovery and significance of Tiktaalik roseae. Recorded 10/31/07 at the National Science Foundation.

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Press Release: University of Chicago, April 2006

University of Chicago Press Release

The University of Chicago's video press release describes the discovery and significance of Tiktaalik roseae.

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