No, YOUR grandfather was a fish. SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ If you traced your family tree back 185 million generations, you wouldn't be looking at a human, a primate, or even a mammal. You'd be looking at a fish. So where along that line does the first human show up? The answer may surprise you. Inspired by Richard Dawkins' "The Magic of Reality" amzn.to/1eFPE0v Also check out Richard Dawkins' "The Ancestor's Tale" amzn.to/1fbf17e ----------------- Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment below! Follow me on Twitter: @jtotheizzoe Email me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT com Facebook: www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart For more awesome science, check out: www.itsokaytobesmart.com Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc. Katie Graham - Director of Photography Andrew Matthews - Editor and motion graphics John Knudsen - Gaffer Music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Produced by PBS Digital Studios: www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios ----------- Last week's video: The Science of Marathon Running - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WuB8BhUJrc More videos: How The Elements Got Their Names - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtg9p6A6xnY The Most Important Science Images - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9328AW64g Science Fiction as Science Fact - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ear4Prg9G8w The Scale of the Universe - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhQ8jUKWef0