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Joel Kontinen
Acording to evolution, mudskippers could hold the secret to how ancient animals evolved the ability to live on land, a new study has found.
Researchers have found that fish that can blink, and
they evolved this ability independently from our ancestors — a concept known as
convergent evolution.
Some evolution believing scientists think that blinking evolved in land
animals when they made the transition from the oceans roughly 375 million years ago.
Source:
Turner, Ben. 2023. Weirdo blinking fish could hold the secrets to
how our ancestors evolved to live on land, new study reveals, Live Science. 4 May,
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