Why do we have the form we have? What do the human hand and a fly's wing have in common? Is there any connection between breasts, sweat glands, and scales?

To better understand the mechanisms of our body and trace the origins of many of the most common diseases of our time, we must turn to unexpected sources: to worms, flies, and even fish.

Neil Shubin, a renowned paleontologist and anatomy professor who discovered Tiktaalik - the lost link between fish and land animals - tells the story of evolution, searching for the roots of human body organs millions of years in the past.

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