The fish that crawled out of water
by zoss in scienza, neuz
Some 385 million years ago, a series of mutations allowed the sea-dwelling fish to inhabit dry land for the first time on this planet.
Curiously enough, there was a (20 million years) gap in the fossil record around the time when that transition happened. That is, until fossils of Tiktaalik roseae were found last year up in Nunavut.
The finding was reported in today’s issue of the journal Nature, and is now all over the news.
Comment by Alina — 6/4/2006 @ 18:25
Discoverying missing links…always somewhat inspiring.