The Most Primitive Living Fish

This is our direct fish ancestor. Its extinct relatives had lungs and this fish is lobed finned resembling a leg structure. About 375 million years ago, its ancestors made the step to the ground evolving to the line that produced amphibians and after that reptiles, birds and mammals (includin... [ read more >> ]

Latimeria chalumnae

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Latimeria chalumnae