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Thread #155384   Message #3655004
Posted By: Stu
29-Aug-14 - 02:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Subject: RE: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
It's likely that what we consider to be a tetrapod style of locomotion is derived from a far older origin than thought. The coeleocanth uses a very similar cycle when sculling, and many fish 'walk' along the substrates in their environment using the same cycle. This is too widespread to be convergent evolution, and it is likely that it's origin lies with early fishes or perhaps earlier.