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Once-Believed Extinct, ‘Living Fossils’ Fish Shows its True Color on New Study – Nature World News
A study of coelacanth DNA indicates that its genome has undergone several major changes in recent evolutionary history, possibly dispelling the common picture of…
A study of coelacanth DNA indicates that its genome has undergone several major changes in recent evolutionary history, possibly dispelling the common picture of these legendary fish as’ living fossils.’ However, this might not be as black and white as it seems.
The discovery in 1938 of a living coelacanth of South Africa’s coast was quite a shock, as it was thought that these species were extinct. Thanks to their eerie similarity to near-identical creatures spotted in the fossil record, the big…
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