Tag: limbs

  • Nation & World

    Researcher connects the dots in fin-to-limb evolution

    With an innovative technique called anatomical network analysis, clear patterns emerge that help solve the puzzle of how fins became limbs 420 million years ago.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fin to limb

    New research brings scientists closer to unraveling one of the longest-standing questions in evolutionary biology — whether limbs, particularly hind limbs, evolved before or after early vertebrates left the oceans for life on land.

    5 minutes