Did Man
Evolve From Fish?
The aquarium. |
Chinese scientists have unearthed a primitive
sarcopterygium that lived 400 million years ago, which is believed
to have striking similarities to the common ancestor of the
tetrapod and lungfish.
Fossil records indicate that terrestrial vertebrates
(tetrapods), including human beings, evolved 360 million years
ago from sarcopterygium belonging to the Osteichthyes. It has
been an endless debate in academic circles as to whether the
lungfish or coelacanth bears more similarity to a tetropod,
and new fossil discoveries have been needed to fill in the gaps.
This new discovery successfully solves the problem.
