'Walking' fish help scientists to understand how we left the ocean
Little skates that 'walk' across the ocean floor show how fish brains evolved to pave the way for working legs.
5 years agoLittle skates that 'walk' across the ocean floor show how fish brains evolved to pave the way for working legs.
5 years agoUnlike their modern descendants, early whales were no gentle giants: they were smaller and considerably meaner, and at least some of them seem to have...
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