First land animals may have shuffled not walked
Reuters.uk, UK, Aug 31, 2005, [today.reuters.co.uk]

Early 4-Legged Animal Moved Like Inchworm, Study
Says National Geographic, D.C., Aug 31, 2005,
[news.nationalgeographic.com]

First Four-Legged Animals Inched Along
LiveScience.com, NY, Aug 31, 2005, [www.livescience.com]

The article discussed is:

Ahlberg, P. E., Clack, J. A., and Blom, H.,
2005, The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod
Ichthyostega. Nature. vol. 437 no. 7055 pp 137-141.
[www.nature.com]


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