“I’m stunned,” Per Ahlberg, a paleontologist at Uppsala University in Sweden who coordinated the study, said in a statement. “A single track-bearing slab, which one person can lift, calls into ...

It was Darwin’s 1859 work, of course, that spurred a greater scientific interest in evolution, but he did not co-opt Lepidosiren and Archegosaurus as transitional forms. Perhaps this was a wise move.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The common ancestor of all tetrapods (including humans) was previously thought ...

"I'm stunned." says Per Ahlberg of Uppsala University, who coordinated the study; "A single track-bearing slab, which one person can lift, calls into question everything we thought we knew about when ...

Join us as we travel back in time. We have arrived in the Devonian period, some 420 to 360 million years ago. In a shallow area near the water's edge, something happened that would forever change life ...

This creature, called Westlothiana lizziae, is one of the earliest examples of a four-legged animal that had evolved from living underwater to dwelling on Earth. It, and other stem tetrapods like it, ...

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Introduction: The Origin of Tetrapods -- Skulls and Skeletons in Transition -- Relationships and Relatives : The Lobe-Fin Family -- Setting the Scene : The Devonian World -- The First Feet : Tetrapods ...

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