Bone is 'missing fish-animal link'

SCIENTISTS believe they have found the long-sought missing link between fish and land animals in the shape of the oldest known arm bone.

Bone is 'missing fish-animal link'

The 365-million-year-old humerus belonged to a creature that was just learning to prop up its body.

It is believed to bridge the gap between the fins of fish and the limbs of amphibians.

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