Archive for June 14th, 2013

Putting Flesh On the Bones of Ancient Fish: Synchrotron X-Rays Reconstruct Soft Tissue On 380-Million-Year-Old Fish

Swedish, Australian and French researchers present for the first time miraculously preserved musculature of 380 million year old armoured fish discovered in north-west Australia. This research will help scientists to better understand how neck and abdominal muscles evolved during the transition from jawless to jawed vertebrates. The scientific paper describing the discovery is published today […]