Friday, March 29, 2013

Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently

Click on the link below to read how snakes evolved and are closer related to monitor lizards than legless lizards.

Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently

 
Image of the nearly complete fossil of Cryptolacerta hassiaca. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Toronto)

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