Prehistoric shark caught in Portugese waters, scientists call it a 'living fossil'
The species caught was a male measuring 1.5 metres (5ft) in length and was caught at a depth of 700 metres (2,300 ft) in waters off the resort of Portimao.
Nov 13, 2017, 11:55 AM IST
'Living fossil' from early days of Milky Way identified
The cluster, known as Terzan 5 -- 19,000 light-years from Earth -- harbours stars of hugely different ages -- an age-gap of roughly seven billion years -- and bridges the gap in understanding between our galaxy's past and its present, the study said.
Sep 08, 2016, 15:17 PM IST
`Living fossil`? Not quite as its genome is actively evolving!
A group of scientists has decoded the first lingulid brachiopod genome, from Lingula anatina collected at Amami Island, Japan to find that this so-called 'living fossil' is still evolving.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
