Oldest evidence of bone found in 400 million-year old fish fossils

You've probably never really wondered where your skeleton came from, but that has puzzled paleontologists for over a century. In particular the question mark was hovering over the skeletons of a strange, ancient fish family called heterostracan, but now UK scientists say they've cracked it, declaring the 400 million-year old fossils to be the oldest examples of bone ever found.

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Category: Science

Tags:

• Bones
• Bristol University
• Fish
• Fossils
• Paleontology
• University of Manchester
• X-ray

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