CANBERRA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A new Australian-led study has uncovered how ancient lungfish adapted to life on land, offering key insights into vertebrate evolution.

最新研究发现颠覆传统认知：布里斯托大学Mike Benton团队通过化石证据分析，对陆地生物在二叠纪末大灭绝事件中的生存状况提出新见解。研究表明，尽管海洋生物遭受重创，但四足动物 (Tetrapods)的灭绝规模可能被长期高估，这对理解地球生命演化历程具有重要修正意义。

托福阅读真题Official 44 Passage 1（六） From Fish to Terrestrial Vertebrates One of the most significant evolutionary events that occurred on Earth was the transition of water-dwelling fish to terrestrial ...

A phylogenetic analysis of sarcopterygian fishes and early tetrapods (Fig. 7) supports the hypothesis that Tiktaalik is the sister group of tetrapods or shares this position with Elpistostege.

Early tetrapods generally have smaller inner ears than similarly sized sarcopterygian fishes 15, but the combination of a tiny ear and long hindbrain in Ichthyostega is unique.

Chance discovery of 365-million-year-old fossil reveals new species - The large fish, spanning nearly a metre on the lake bed, lived in waters thick with rival fish, including giants several times its ...

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.

Tetrapods are the group of animals, including today’s amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals, that evolved to exist on land in a rapid turn of events roughly 375 million years ago.

Fossilized footprints of a primitive reptile found on a slab of rock from Australia could rewrite the story of how animals evolved to live on land.

The limbs of tetrapods all have the same pattern of bones. Darwin was one of the first to comment that it seems unlikely that this single skeletal structure could be the best one possible for each ...

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