Ancient Armored Fish Origin of the 'Tooth Hurty' Joke

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Ancient Armored Fish Origin of the 'Tooth Hurty' Joke
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Yara Haridy's research on tiny fossils called fish flakes has revealed that early vertebrate teeth evolved from sensory exoskeletons of armored fish, supporting the 'outside-in' theory of tooth development and shedding light on the evolutionary transition from soft-bodied to skeletonized vertebrates.

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