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This 345-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fooled Scientists for Decades

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This 345-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fooled Scientists for Decades
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A famous Scottish fossil is forcing scientists to rethink what claw-like feet really reveal about the move onto land. Pressed flat inside two slabs of Scottish rock, a 345-million-year-old skeleton seemed to carry some unmistakable signs of life on land. Its four limbs ended in five-digit feet, and the tips of its fingers and toes [...]

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