Evolution

New Research Debunks Theory of Prehistoric Tetrapod's Walk

May 29, 2012 |  3

A team of British-based scientists have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction of the extinct, 360-million-year-old Ichthyostega, which they say debunks long-held theories about how the mammal moved on land.


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  1. 1. poihths 06:18 PM 6/4/12

    The normal progress of events at this point is for someone to come along and debunk the debunkers. Let the fun begin!

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  2. 2. Rlionsan 08:00 PM 6/4/12

    "about how the mammal moved on land."

    Mammal??????

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  3. 3. JacobSilver 11:17 AM 6/5/12

    It was a mammal in evolutionary embryo.

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