New study reveals details of evolutionary transition from fish to land animals

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 18:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research by scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences provides the first detailed look at the internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, the 375-million-year-old fossil animal that is a step in the evolutionary transition of fish to limbed animals. Credit: Ted Daeschler/ANSP New research by scientists at The Academy of Natural Sciences provides the first detailed look at the internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, the 375-million-year-old fossil animal that represents an important intermediate step in the evolutionary transition from fish to animals that walked on land.

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