Newly analyzed jawbones from 380-million-year-old lungfish are shedding light on the feeding behaviors of our earliest ...

One of the most dramatic chapters in vertebrate history is the moment some fish dared to venture onto land. Around 375 million years ago, certain lobe-finned fish, like the famous Tiktaalik ...

CANBERRA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A new Australian-led study has uncovered how ancient lungfish adapted to life on land, offering key insights into vertebrate evolution.

First Land-Walking Fish Looks Like It Had 'All-Wheel Drive' : The Two-Way Fossils of Tiktaalik, which lived some 375 million years ago and is believed to be the first fish that walked on land, had ...

It’s the first time a vertebrate’s braincase has ever been found full of coprolites, scientists say. By Jeanne Timmons It’s a dubious distinction in the fossil record: For the first time, a ...

Science and Environment News; Big prehistoric fish story: Predator that once swam in water covering NE Ohio might be smaller than thought. Published: ; Mar. 03, 2023, 3:31 a.m.

Fossilized Pregnant Fish One Of First Animals To Have Sex Date: February 26, 2009 Source: The Natural History Museum Summary: A pregnant fossil fish at the Natural History Museum in London has ...

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The findings were published by the Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Ancient Fish Fossil “ Ferruaspis brocksi is the first fossil freshwater ...

Dentin, the sensory tissue inside teeth, first evolved in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, serving as a sensory organ rather than for feeding. Fossil evidence shows these structures ...

Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils.The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish ...