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Neil Shubin

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Neil Shubin is the 1,085th most popular biologist (down from 1,062nd in 2024), the 15,133rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,608th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Neil Shubin ranks 1,085 out of 1,097. Before him are Peter Dodson, Xu Xing, Huda Zoghbi, Jill Bolte Taylor, George Don, and Ben Barres. After him are Suzanne Simard, Christian Drosten, Sandra Díaz, Cecilia Bouzat, Cristina Garmendia, and David Bellamy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Neil Shubin ranks 868. Before him are Uddhav Thackeray, Kelly Asbury, Simon Curtis, Amanda Wyss, John Fitzgerald, and Anne Ramsay. After him are Jeff Bergman, Bettina Schmidt, Yanar Mohammed, Tahmineh Milani, Patrik Lörtscher, and Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Shubin ranks 15,139 out of 20,380. Before him are Wendell Alexis (1964), Brian Pillman (1962), Gertrude Berg (1899), Kevin Rahm (1971), Jerry Moran (1954), and Chelsi Smith (1973). After him are Willie Banks (1956), Douglas Crockford (1955), Ramon Estevez (1963), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Al Jean (1961), and George W. Norris (1861).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Neil Shubin ranks 188. Before him are Susan Lindquist (1949), Jerry Coyne (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Peter Dodson (1946), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), and Ben Barres (1954). After him are PZ Myers (1957), Cornelia Bargmann (1961), Gretchen Daily (1964), Maria Van Kerkhove (1977), Sean B. Carroll (1960), and David Reich (1974).

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