New study reveals details of evolutionary transition from fish to land animals
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 15:21
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.