"Walking fish" reveals fresh evolutionary insights
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 18:07
in Biology & Nature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An extraordinary fish that existed 375 million years ago had unique features in its head that helped pave the way for vertebrate animals to live on land, scientists said on Wednesday.
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