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Talking Tiktaalik

Explore the Tiktaalik fossil, a remarkable transitional fossil of a fish with limbs, through Neil Shubin's insightful essay.

Written byCarl Zimmer

2006-05-08T21:12:47 | 1 min read

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For those interested in Tiktaalik, the marvelous new transitional fossil of a fish with limbs, check out this new essay from Neil Shubin, one of the fossil's discoverers.

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