80-Million-Year-Old Brazilian Fossil Suggests Multiple Roads to Snakes’ Slither
TL;DR Summary
An 80-million-year-old snake fossil from Brazil, Tametara mirim, is unusually well-preserved and, with skull and brain evidence from micro-CT, indicates early snakes diversified into multiple habitats (including underground) soon after their origin, challenging a single linear narrative of snake evolution.
- In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering Yahoo
- 80-million-year-old snake brain reveals a surprising evolutionary secret ScienceDaily
- How Did Some Reptiles Lose Their Limbs to Become Snakes? An 80-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Uncover the Winding Evolutionary History Smithsonian Magazine
- Early snake Tametara mirim (IMAGE) EurekAlert!
- Study Finds Early Snakes Evolved Across Underground, Terrestrial, and Marine Environments geneonline.com
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
8
Time Saved
48 min
vs 49 min read
Condensed
100%
9,639 → 40 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on Yahoo