Evolution of the Tail: From Water to Land (1 of 17) (VIDEO)

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In this video, Richard Blob and Daniel Goldman explain the motivations for and results of the study by Benjamin McInroe et al., published in the July 8, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by B. McInroe at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, and colleagues was titled, "Tail use improves performance on soft substrates in models of early vertebrate land locomotors."

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