Sentences with phrase «ancient cichlid»

Matt Friedman, a paleobiologist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, thought he could estimate just how likely it was that there are more ancient cichlid fossils out there.

Indeed, our analysis shows it to be a member of the most ancient cichlid lineage that contributed to the so - called East African Radiation, a spectacular burst of diversification that has given rise to a huge variety of species,» Reichenbacher explains.

Not exact matches

A new study casts doubt on an old hypothesis, that cichlids reached multiple continents by swimming in place while an ancient supercontinent split up.