[News] Ancient Fossils Shed Light On Anatomical Changes Accompanying Evolution Of First Land

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Ancient Fossils Shed Light On Anatomical Changes Accompanying Evolution Of First Land Vertebrates

ScienceDaily (July 26, 2009) — Cartoon depictions of the first animals to emerge from the ocean and walk on land often show a simple fish with feet, venturing from water to land. But according to Jennifer Clack, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge who has studied the fossils of these extinct creatures for more than two decades, the earliest land vertebrates — also known as tetrapods — were more diverse than we could possibly imagine.

 

Ancient Fossils Shed Light On Anatomical Changes Accompanying Evolution Of First Land Vertebrates