Where We Split from Sharks: Common Ancestor Comes Into Focus

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 13:03 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The common ancestor of all jawed vertebrates on Earth resembled a shark, according to a new analysis of the braincase of a 290-million-year-old fossil fish that has long puzzled paleontologists.

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