Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

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Fossils of two fish from over 400 million years ago - one a tiny streamlined creature, the other a giant among vertebrates of its time with bizarre teeth - have been discovered in China, filling a ...

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While there is a common belief that the evolution of humans can be traced back to fishlike vertebrate ancestors, pinpointing the origins of bony fish — a key group in this evolution — remains ...

A newly discovered collection of 400-million-year-old bony fish fossils is rewriting the history of vertebrate evolution.

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Courtesy of Zhu Youan. Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of bony fish dating back about 436 million years, providing key evidence that hel ...

Chinese paleontologists have discovered the world's oldest complete bony fish fossils, dating back 436 million years ...