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UK fish fossil sat sealed since the Carboniferous, and its brain tissue is still helping science
The specimen also followed an unusual path into the scientific record.
Over 300 million years ago, a minnow-sized fish died and fell to the bottom of a prehistoric swamp near the village of ...
A 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, which revealed the "oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain," offers new insights into the evolution of early bony fish, researchers found in a new ...
UM scientists discover 319 million-year-old fish brain. It could be used to unlock evolution secrets
An ancient, well-preserved fish brain analyzed recently by University of Michigan scientists could unlock new discoveries about evolution and the formation of fossils. The brain, which the university ...
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Pacific barreleye fish: The deep-sea species with a transparent head and rotating green eyes
Far below the sunlit surface of the Pacific Ocean lives a fish that seems to challenge ordinary ideas about anatomy. Known as ...
The coelacanth is known as a "living fossil" because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite being one of the most studied fish in history, it continues to reveal new ...
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain. The CT ...
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