• Neil Shubin nominated to head the national academy of science

    From RonO@rokimoto557@gmail.com to talk-origins on Wed Jul 16 08:30:15 2025
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    https://www.science.org/content/article/paleontologist-lead-u-s-national-academy.

    Shubin is 64 and now an associate dean at the University of Chicago, but
    20 years ago he was looking for fossils and found Tiktaalik the fossil
    with both fish and tetrapod characteristics in 375 million year old
    sediments.

    Ron Okimoto

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  • From erik simpson@eastside.erik@gmail.com to talk-origins on Wed Jul 16 07:25:48 2025
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    On 7/16/25 6:30 AM, RonO wrote:
    https://www.science.org/content/article/paleontologist-lead-u-s-national-academy.

    Shubin is 64 and now an associate dean at the University of Chicago, but
    20 years ago he was looking for fossils and found Tiktaalik the fossil
    with both fish and tetrapod characteristics in 375 million year old sediments.

    Ron Okimoto

    Shubin wrote three excellent books: "Your Inner Fish (2008)", "Some
    Assembly Required (2020)" and "End of the Earth (2025)" The first
    describes the search for Tiktaalik, the second more about genomics and
    the third more discursive about his travels in extreme places. I
    recommend them all.

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