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University of Chicago: Ancient Fossil Fish Reveals Key Step Before Evolutionary Boom
August 13, 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:

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Ancient fossil fish reveals key step before evolutionary boom

Digital reconstruction of tiny, 400-million-year-old jawless fish shows how traits for evading predators later gave rise to hunters

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A fossil the size of a fingernail is rewriting the opening chapter of vertebrate history.

An international team led by scientist . . .

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