Ancient fish had synovial joints, challenging the idea that flexible skeletons evolved on land. Fossils and modern fish show similarities.
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Scientists trace our flexible joints back to the jaws of ancient fishIn a nutshell Synovial joints—the flexible, lubricated connections that allow smooth movement in our bodies—first appeared in the common ancestor of all jawed vertebrates but are absent in jawless ...
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Ancient Fish Fossils Reveal Synovial Joints Evolved Millions of Years Earlier Than ThoughtRecent research reveals that synovial joints originated in early jawed fish, reshaping our understanding of vertebrate skeletal evolution and movement.
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