 Hello, my name is Dr Alice Clement. I am a postdoctoral research associate here at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. I'm an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist. My particular research focus are early vertebrates, so this is fish and also the first tetrapods. Tetrapods are four legged animals that have evolved fingers and toes. The first tetrapods appeared close to 400 million years ago. So my work relies on modern scanning technologies such as synchrotron imaging, neutron imaging, micro CT imaging to look inside spectacularly preserved three-dimensional fossils to uncover the secrets lying within. By doing so we can uncover the origins of the vertebrate body plan and I think this is the most fascinating exciting step in all of evolution.