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Huge Fish, Once Believed Extinct, Isn’t the ‘Living Fossil’ Scientists Thought – Gizmodo Australia
An analysis of coelacanth DNA suggests its genome has experienced some significant changes in recent evolutionary history, potentially dispelling the popular image…
An analysis of coelacanth DNA suggests its genome has experienced some significant changes in recent evolutionary history, potentially dispelling the popular image of these iconic fish as being living fossils.
The discovery of a live coelacanth (pronounced see-lah-kanth) off the coast of South Africa in 1938 was quite the shock, as these animals were believed to be extinct. The large fish were thereafter referred to as living fossils owing to their uncanny resemblance to near-identical species spotted…
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