Mystery of how snakes lost their legs solved by reptile fossil

Posted on by Curiosity Feeds the Cat

Today the  prevailing view is that snakes evolved from four legged reptilian ancestors .

Fresh analysis of a reptile fossil is helping scientists solve an evolutionary puzzle — how snakes lost their limbs.

Source:Eurekalert

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