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September 26, 2013

Incredible fish fossil is the earliest known creature with a face

by Larra Morris

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It’s a face only a paleontologist could love: scientists in China have discovered the ancient fossil of an armored, jawed fish that appears to be the oldest known specimen with the facial characteristics shared by modern vertebrates. More specifically, the bone structures of the fish’s cheeks and jaw give it the appearance of what we now recognize as a face.
via The Verge

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