D scans of ancient lungfish jaws reveal how early fish evolved to eat differently - offering fresh insight into vertebrate ...

Tetrapods are a species that retained some of their fishy features in their evolution from lobe-finned fishes, including fins and gills, but also had four legs and eventually walked on land.

Dolphins and orcas have reached a critical point in their evolution, forever locking them into the ocean. New research ...

How the jawbones of ancient lungfish reveal the fascinating evolutionary journey from water to land for Earth's first ...

Forty years ago an amateur Scottish paleontologist named Stan Wood made a fascinating discovery, uncovering Westlothiana lizziae, nicknamed "Lizzie." The ancient salamander filled a niche that ...

Object Details Author Clack, Jennifer A. 1937- Contents Introduction: The Origin of Tetrapods -- Skulls and Skeletons in Transition -- Relationships and Relatives : The Lobe-Fin Family -- Setting the ...

Object Details Author Clack, Jennifer A. 1937- Contents Introduction. -- Skulls and skeletons in transition. -- Relationships and relatives: the lobe-fin family. -- Setting the scene: the Devonian ...

A Chirodipterus lungfish fossil shows it robust skull and jaws. Photo courtesy John Long (Flinders University).Predatory fish ...

This makes a big difference to the overall story: Devonian-style tetrapods and actinopterygians survive and contribute to the evolution of these groups into the Carboniferous Period. But significant ...

Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of mammals – including new research into the eating habits of lobe-finned fish ...