How the First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
How the First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
Researchers from Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Carnegie Mellon are studying the African mudskipper and a robot modeled after the fish to get a better understanding of one of the most important evolutionary events in our history: how animals transitioned from living in water to living on land.
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When early terrestrial animals began moving about on mud and sand 360 million years ago, the powerful tails they used as fish may have been more important than scientists previously realized.
