Summary
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates, the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree. Our bodies carry the anatomical legacy of animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 94GoodWatch 94
Audience score100%
IMDb8.7
Time to watch it all
2 h 57 min
3 episodes, about 59 min each
An episode a night: done in 3 nights.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
First aired
2014
April 9, 2014
Ended 2014
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 3
- David Dugan Director, Producer
- Alex Tate Director, Producer
- Tom Cook Director, Producer
Other crew · 1
- Neil Shubin Creator
Your Inner Fish episodes
1 season · 3 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Your Inner Fish, 8.6
- S1 E2 Your Inner Reptile, 8.5
- S1 E3 Your Inner Monkey, 8.8
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