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Bizarre Coelacanth Hasn’t Spent 65 Million Years Unchanged After All, Its Genome Reveals – ScienceAlert
In 1938, a living relic, thought 65 million years long extinct, was accidentally captured in a trawl net off the coast of South Africa.
In 1938, a living relic, thought 65 million years long extinct, was accidentally captured in a trawl net off the coast of South Africa.
The 2-metre (6.5-foot) long coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) turned out to be one of our closest fish relatives – looking largely unchanged since its most recent appearance in the fossil record back from the time of non-avian dinosaurs.
Now new genetic evidence shows this deep-sea predator has undergone hidden, but widespread evolution at a genetic level – by hijacking…
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