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World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by dotunmanmp7: 8:22pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
For me i dont know where to classify this thing called fish whether a turtle, snail or whatever because to me it is just too old to have survived for that long, well this is EARTH so anything is possible. A team of international scientists have found a fish fossil at the bottom of a reservoir that is the oldest known creature with a face. It’s always nice to catch up with an old face – and here’s one from 419 million years ago… And they believe it is the “missing link” in the development of vertebrates, offering more clues to the evolution of humans. Experts have described the discovery in China as “stunning”. Palaeontologist Professor John Long of Flinders University, Adelaide, said: “It finally solves an age-old problem about the origin of modern fishes. “We now know prehistoric fish gave rise to the modern fish fauna as we know it.” Fellow palaeontologist Matt Friedman added: “It will take time to fully digest the implications of such a remarkable fossil, but it is clear that a major reframing of our understanding of early jawed vertebrate evolution is now in full swing.” The fish they found would have been eight-inches long and armour plated. It is the most primitive vertebrate discovered with a modern jaw, and includes a bone found in humans. British fossil expert Matt Friedman said of the creature: “It is the deepest branch of our family tree that bears the kinds of jaw bones found in humans. “This is an unexpected discovery that inverts schoolbook teaching on the evolution of bony skulls. “Up until now it had been thought the anatomical peculiarities of bony fishes, the group that would eventually give rise to human beings, are specialisations that arose later in vertebrate evolutionary history in our own bony fish lineage. “But now that narrative has been turned on its head.” The fossil was shown off by Professor Min Zhu, one of the team of scientists who found it, in his Beijing laboratory. http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/world-oldest-fish-china.html
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Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by Ichliebedich(f): 8:26pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
Looks like a rock |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by Impulse80(m): 8:29pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
Na really 419 fish be this Front page!!! |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by benkings(m): 8:36pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
na stone ah ceee ooo,na real 419fish |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by bjprodint(f): 8:45pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
why is dat fish still alive,i ate its head last year or is dis its next of kin?:| |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by yame014: 8:45pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
the second picture looks like tortoise sha... |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by amiskurie(m): 9:04pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
419 thread |
Re: World's Oldest Fish That Is 419 Million Years In China (PHOTOS) by tomisinalli: 10:35pm On Sep 27, 2013 |
It looks lyk a rock |
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