A new Australian coelacanth find has revealed a surprising force behind the slow evolution of these ‘living fossils’.
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‘Tetrapods’ were the first fish to evolve lungs and walk onto land. They were also our ancestors. Now, a new study sheds light on the size and shape of these unique animals’ brains.
The discovery of a living coelacanth fish rocked the world in 1939, as scientists thought they had died out with the dinosaurs. A new study illuminates how its skull and tiny brain develop.
Sometimes extraordinary species really do appear to come back from the dead.
Despite claims about its age, puzzling combinations of features from Homo naledi gives it an uncanny resemblance to human beings.
A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.
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Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Paleoanthropologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Director, Research Centre for Deep Sea, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
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Research associate, University of Bristol