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Neil Shubin

From an evolutionary standpoint, we tend to associate ourselves with apes. But we all have a lot in common with fish.

From gills to gonads, you’re more like a fish than you may believe

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As humans, we don’t think of ourselves as being anything like fish — unless we’re talking about those kids who seem to spend their whole summer in the pool. But paleontologists say we’re a whole lot more closely linked to fish than you might think.

From an evolutionary standpoint, we tend to associate ourselves with apes. But we all have a lot in common with fish.

From gills to gonads, you’re more like a fish than you may believe

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