Revised Fish Anatomy Alters Understanding of Vertebrate Skull Evolution

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Revised Fish Anatomy Alters Understanding of Vertebrate Skull Evolution
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A new study revises the understanding of coelacanth fish anatomy, revealing that many previously thought evolutionary muscle features are actually ligaments, which reshapes our view of vertebrate skull evolution and shows coelacanths are more similar to sharks and tetrapods than previously believed.

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