Sentences with phrase «african lungfish»
December 12, 2011 A small step for lungfish, a big step for the evolution of walking The eel - like body and scrawny «limbs» of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion.
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Extensive video analysis, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal that the African lungfish can use its thin pelvic limbs to not only lift its body off the bottom surface but also propel itself forward.
December 12, 2011 View video of the African lungfish using its thin pelvic limbs to lift its body off the bottom surface to propel itself forward.
The eel - like body and scrawny «limbs» of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion.
The African lungfish (Protopterus annectens), a 230 - million - year - old species found in backwaters in countries such as Senegal, has long been rumored to stride along riverbeds.
To answer this question, a team of Danish researchers looked at one of the closest living relatives of early land animals, the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens).
The African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) has lobe - shaped fins similar to those seen in the ancestors of the first vertebrates to walk on land.
Two of these, the South American and South African lungfishes, are well adapted to air breathing and can survive on just their lungs for extended periods.