Fossils Reveal the Jaw-Dropping Origins of Human Mobility
The ability of our skeletons to move with both flexibility and stability can be traced back to ancient jawed fish. Scientists ...
Why a 380-million-year-old fossil ‘fish’ from Scotland was discovered on the other side ...
Our paper describes a new species of the genus Palaeospondylus, only the second known. Remarkably, for the last 135 years, ...
Humans have the earliest jawed fish to thank for their flexible joints, study suggests
The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ...
Study Finds8 天
Scientists trace our flexible joints back to the jaws of ancient fish
Find out how joints facilitate movement, from humans to sharks, and the evolutionary history of these remarkable structures.
Earth.com3 天
Ancient fish had flexible joints like humans
Ancient fish had synovial joints, challenging the idea that flexible skeletons evolved on land. Fossils and modern fish show ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN7 天
Your Knees and Elbows Exist Thanks to This Ancient Fish!
Our ability to move with both flexibility and stability is an essential trait that defines us as vertebrates. A new study ...
A 380-million-year-old fossil 'fish' from Scotland has been discovered in Australia
Queensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia's largest back-boned animals—dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
Fossil fish collection
The Museum’s large collection of fossil fishes contains approximately 90,000 specimens, of which 5,000 are type or figured specimens. The size and scope of the fossil fish collection continues to ...