How Fins Gave Way to Feet
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Scientists uncovered the fossilized pelvic bone of Tiktaalik roseae, a fish that lived 350 million years ago and had robust hind fins. Research team member Ted Daeschler describes the fossil and what it tells us about our ancestors’ evolution from water to land.
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Ted Daeschler
Ted Daeschler is associate curator and professor at the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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