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Nature 397, 564-565 (18 February 1999) | doi:10.1038/17484

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Palaeontology:  Something fishy in the family tree

Per Erik Ahlberg1

Where did the bony fishes come from? This simple question illustrates a theme, the quest for origins, which has been central to evolutionary biology since its birth as a discipline.

  1. Per Erik Ahlberg is in the Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
    e-mail: Email: pea@nhm.ac.uk