Скачать или смотреть This Tiny Fish Was Our Ancestral Powerhouse

Meet Norselaspis glacialis, a 400-million-year-old fossil fish that could fit on a fingernail. Canadian Museum of Nature palaeobiologist Tetsuto Miyashita discovered that Norselaspis was built like a high-performance sports car. It was equipped with massive eyeballs and inner ears for acute senses, alongside a giant heart to power its agile pectoral fins. This tiny, agile fish perfected the art of dodging predators long before jaws evolved.

Norselaspis proves that advanced senses and agility paved the way for later jawed fish to become dominant predators and, eventually, for our own ancestors to move onto land. Every coordinated move you make today is a direct legacy of this tiny Devonian fish.

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