Ancestor of "Jaws": 4-Million-Year-Old Shark Fossil from Peru
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 19:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Despite the popularity of great white sharks in television and cinema, relatively little is known about their biology, and even less is known about their evolutionary origins. A new 4-million-year-old fossil from Peru provides important evidence suggesting the shark's origins may be more humble than previously believed.