page_title: Neil Shubin
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caption_attribution_description: English: Neil Shubin at the University of Tulsa, with a cast of a Tiktaalik skull
context_page_description: Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.
context_section_description: Neil Shubin (born December 22, 1960) is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer.  He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.
caption: Neil Shubin after speaking at the University of Tulsa
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