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Ancient fossils reveal that shark’s cartilage-based skeletons may have evolved from bony fish – Lifesly.com

Sharks were thought to have evolved with a cartilage-based skeleton before other fish species formed bone structures, but a new discovery turns that on its head. An ancient skull of … Read More

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Sharks were thought to have evolved with a cartilage-based skeleton before other fish species formed bone structures, but a new discovery turns that on its head.
An ancient skull of an ‘armored fish’ found in Mongolia has changed the way scientists think about shark skeletons – suggesting they may have evolved from bony fish.
The discovery of the 410-million-year-old fish fossil suggests that shark’s lighter skeletons may have evolved from bony ancestors, rather than the other way around.

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