Saturday, July 12, 2008

Living Fossils

Living Fossils
These mysterious creatures exist today more or less unevolved from the forms they had hundreds of millions of years ago.

Flatfish fossils fill evolutionary gap
Scientists have discovered the missing link in the evolution of modern-day flatfish, fish such as halibut and flounder that lie flat on the bottom of the sea and have both eyes on one side of their heads.In a fresh examination of ...

Flatfish Fossils Fill In Evolutionary Missing Link by Science Daily
ScienceDaily (July 10, 2008) — Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles ...