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DNA sequence data shows that this "living fossil" isn't so fossilized after all

Posted on 19 Sep, 2017 by Jeremy Yoder

Living fossils are a tricky concept for evolutionary biology. In principle it seems simple: living organisms that closely resemble creatures seen in the fossil record going back millions of years. Usually they’re a single representative of a fossil record containing … Continue reading →

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