Scott Van Den Plas : Philosopher

Just caught this through the internal mailing list at the Museum:

Field Museum Provost Neil Shubin will appear on the Colbert Report tonight to discuss his new book, Your Inner Fish, which will be released the following day. The Colbert Report runs at 10:30 p.m. (Central Time) on Comedy Central.

Your Inner Fish uses new fossil finds, genetic discoveries and animal anatomy to trace the origins of humans and the evolution of different body parts, such as limbs, teeth, head, ears and eyes. Neil explains how everything that is apparently unique about humans is built from parts that are shared with other creatures.

I’m a big fan of our scientists, and you should be to! Go out and buy Neil’s new book!