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Vertebrate Origin Theory Now Questionable With Discovery of Fossilized Fish Larvae – Nature World News

A study of fossilized lampreys dating from 300 million years ago challenges evolutionary theory. The ancient, jawless, eel-like fishes arose around half a billion…

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According to a recent report from the University of Chicago, the blind, filter-feeding larvae of modern lampreys are a holdover from the far past, resembling the ancestors of all living vertebrates, including ourselves, according to a recent report from the University of Chicago Canadian Museum of Nature, and the Albany Museum.
In the latest fossil discoveries, ancient lamprey hatchlings resembled modern adult lampreys more closely than their modern larvae counterparts. The findings were announced…

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