Details Of Evolutionary Transition From Fish To Land Animals Revealed

[Guest Nicholas]

WARNING: Debatable material... as always

ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2008) — New research has provided 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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Another!

[Guest Nicholas]

Another:

This one is from Nat Geo.. you'll notice they Coined the term "Fishapod" clever aren't they...

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[mommabetts]

Now that is interesting.

[Auspex]

The sequence of evolution seems plausible enough, and the anatomical evidence is sound. What surprises me is the comment that, prior to this study, it was assumed that the changes occurred more rapidly; I assumed that it took a while, and the pioneers were from shallow (and possibly ephemeral) water environments.

[Ordovicious]

Another great article, Nick!

[TheFossilHunter]

Very interesting Article. I am glad they started paying attention to the cranium, and not just the legs

[Guest bmorefossil]

sweet article nick