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      • Scientists say they've found a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses — the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on land. Those feet and other anatomical features show an early step on the way to developing flippers and other adaptations for a life in the sea, the scientists said.
  1. Apr 23, 2009 · New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the evolution of the group that today includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus. Share: FULL STORY. Researchers from the United States and...

  2. Researchers writing in Nature magazine say the fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini, is a "missing link" in the evolution of the group that today includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus.

  3. May 24, 2024 · A new study has now explored the evolutionary history of living and fossil seals, revealing in the process how walruses had extraordinary periods of speciation followed by extinction. There is only one species of walrus alive today, but in the past there were many others.

  4. Apr 22, 2009 · NEW YORK -- Scientists say they've found a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on land.

  5. Apr 22, 2009 · Scientists say they've found a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses — the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on...

  6. Apr 22, 2009 · Puijila is a massive boon for biologists trying to understand the evolution of pinnipeds, the group that includes seals, sea lions and walruses. It’s not itself a direct ancestor, having branched...

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  8. Apr 22, 2009 · The newfound species, dubbed Puijila darwini, might be the long-sought missing link in the evolution of pinnipeds — a group that includes modern seals, sea lions and walruses — explaining how...

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