Your Inner Fish Analysis

The third and final episode of the series of Your Inner Fish is called Your Inner Monkey, but also known as Your Inner Primate. After watching this episode, I truly believe that humans are most closely related to the Primates, for example, monkeys. The episode starts off at an ice rink showing people skating around in a circle. A few moments later a person falls on their butt which is the worst place to fall because you would be failing on your tailbone. Humans have inherited a coccyx, which we get from our monkey ancestors. In 1870, a scientist found a jaw bone that looked like it belonged to the first primate, known as the Natharctus. Natharctus was a climber just like the modern monkeys. Their hands looked very similar to a human hand. It had

In Ethiopia, a scientist had found a fossil that looked like an ape but walked on two. They named this creature Lucy. Lucy was 3 in a half feet tall, her legs formed an angle which meant that her knees were close together like humans. Before Lucy, the scientist knew there was still an animal missing and the animal missing was Ardi. Ardi was the first primate to walk on two and who had begun the process for all other primates to walk on two. Ardi was four feet tall as was able to climb in trees but was able to walk upright while on the ground. Ardi has many similarities to humans, for example, Ardi’s top pelvic looked human, but the lower half is longer which meant it was useful for climbing. She was able to grasp with her toes and feet and her hands had long fingers and smaller palm like humans. When I found out that the extra credit was to watch the series of Your Inner Fish, to be honest, I was not very excited. After watching the first episode, I truly was intrigued by the series and could not wait to start the next episode. The series has taught me more about how I was made than I had ever learned throughout my