In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones
April 02, 2024
April 02, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:
Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton -- including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs -- was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support their bodies to walk on land. A research team including a Penn State biologist completed a new reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fossil fish that is on . . .
Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton -- including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs -- was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support their bodies to walk on land. A research team including a Penn State biologist completed a new reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fossil fish that is on . . .