[SunkenCiv]

A newly discovered ancient coelacanth from Western Australia provides critical insights into evolutionary biology, highlighting the influence of tectonic activities on the emergence of new species and tracing the lineage that connects ancient fishes to humans.

Credit: Katrina Kenny (Flinders University)

[brownsfan]

Oh, I thought this was about Joe Biden.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

“Joe Biden”?

[Candor7]

Ping to Oz fish.....

[pierrem15]

They ignore the most important question: Are they tasty?

[chrisser]

This isn’t an Elizabeth Warren thread?

[USAF1985]

Hillary just can’t let it go and stay out of the news.../s

[Seruzawa]

Unfortunately the meteor theory is just that. A theory. The dinosaurs took many years to die out. Plus the theory doesn’t explain why the smaller reptile sized dinosaurs didn’t survive like the mammals and reptiles did.

[Islander7]

Smells like fish, tastes like chicken.

[telescope115]

When I was in grade school I read a book thru the school book club about the 1938 realization by scientists that these fish were still living. It was an exciting account that fueled my interest in dinosaurs.

A fascinating fish. A junk fish as far as being a food source goes.

[Berosus]

“Over the past 410 million years, more than more than 175 species of coelacanths have been discovered across the globe.”

This article, like so many others I have seen lately, is badly written. Is the author suggesting that people were around in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, to observe the first coelacanths?

[AndyTheBear]

Over the past 410 million years, more than more than 175 species of coelacanths have been discovered across the globe

How many of that 175 were discovered in the first 409 million years? I betting zero....

[Kleon]

“Shake up,” sure. Human footprints next to dino fossils have already completely demolished these “theories.”

[mass55th]

I’ve always wondered since the Coelacanth survived, why couldn’t other species.

[BlueLancer]

I ordered this book through SRA when I was in elementary school in the mid-60's. It was one of the first books that I ever personally owned (and I still have its zombie-fied tattered remains on my bookshelf after 60+ years) and I was completely fascinated by it at the time.

[blam]

When I was a kid we had a set of encyclopedias that had a whole page dedicated to a $100,000 reward for one of these fish. Of course, since then they have caught/found numerous.

I was fascinated by that reward