Tiktaalik Reconstruction (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

Tiktaalik Reconstruction

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Tiktaalik roseae, a 375-million-year-old 'fishapod' has features of both fish and four-legged tetrapods. In a new study, Tom Stewart and Neil Shubin analyzed the structure of Tiktaalik's fins just before the transition to land.

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Flick Ford

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