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Saturday, March 13, 2021

Albany Museum & Rhodes University - Rewriting History: Fossil lamprey larvae from South Africa overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins

Title:
Rewriting History: Fossil lamprey larvae from South Africa overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins
 
Published:
Rhodes University, 10 March 2021
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From the article:
Study shows studies of the origin of vertebrates – including human – were based on incorrect assumptions since the early 1900s.  
 
A new study published in Nature is prompting the rewrite of all biology textbooks relating to the origin and evolution of vertebrates – including the modern human.