Data reveals that long ago fish made the leap onto land
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Fossil data reveals that vision prompted fish to make the leap onto land.
For many years scientists believed it was the development of limbs that led water dwelling creatures onto land. However, old fossil data may now reveal that it was in fact vision that prompted fish to make the leap onto land hundreds of millions of years ago. Malcolm MacIver, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University speaks with Hari Sreenivasan.
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Data reveals that long ago fish made the leap onto land
Clip: Season 3 Episode 339 | 8m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
For many years scientists believed it was the development of limbs that led water dwelling creatures onto land. However, old fossil data may now reveal that it was in fact vision that prompted fish to make the leap onto land hundreds of millions of years ago. Malcolm MacIver, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University speaks with Hari Sreenivasan.
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