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Coelacanths Are Not ‘Living Fossils,’ New Study Shows | Biology, Genetics – Sci-News.com
The primitive-looking coelacanth has long been regarded as a ‘living fossil,’ with extant specimens looking very similar to fossils dating back to the Cretaceous…
The primitive-looking coelacanth has long been regarded as a living fossil, with extant specimens looking very similar to fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. But while the coelacanths body may have changed little, its genome tells another story.
Latimeria chalumnae off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa, on November 22, 2019. Image credit: Bruce Henderson, doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/7806.
Coelacanths are lobe-finned fish that were thought to be extinct for 65 million years,…
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