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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

UNCOVERED: Ancient shark like fish appeared much earlier than previously thought study | History Defined

The first appearance of shark-like jawed fish may have happened some 15 million years earlier than previously thought, new evidence suggests.

A handful of fossil teeth from a completely new species suggests the creatures emerged some time at the end of the Ordovician, or beginning of the Silurian, period – around 440 million years ago.

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