Scientist
hails 'jaw-dropping' fish fossil discovery
A leading British scientist has said that the discovery
of a 419-million-year-old fish fossil in China is a stunning and spectacular
development. Palaeobiologist Matt Friedman told the BBC that the fish provided
crucial evidence about the evolutionary development of jawed vertebrates.As a
remote relative of humans, it provides important evolutionary clues. "It
is the deepest branch of our family tree that bears the kinds of jaw bones
found in humans," Dr Friedman said.
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