![]() ![]() In fact, most of Your Inner Fish is not about Tiktaalik directly, but about the science that gives the discovery of Tiktaalik context, that shows its important place in the history of life on this planet and for the eventual evolution of terrestrial animals including humans. Written by Neil Shubin, one of the co-discoverers of Tiktaalik, instead of diminishing the excitement of the discovery, the science actually magnifies its importance and significance of the discovery. One of the aims of Your Inner Fish is to pull the general reader away from the media hype and provide the facts and science of Tiktaalik and its relevance. ![]() ![]() The supposed ‘missing link’ between fish and land-vertebrates was popularly described as ‘the fish that could do a push up’ for having the shoulder and forelimb bones usually associated with land vertebrates like early amphibians, while also clearly being a fish. The discovery of Tiktaalik ( Tiktaalik Roseae), a 375 million year old fossil, generated headlines in 2006. ![]()
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