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Nature 439, 534 (2 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439534c; Published online 1 February 2006

Mudskippers undermine ID claims on macroevolution

U. Kutschera1

  1. Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D-34109 Kassel, Germany

In his Science in Culture article "Dying for a drink" (Nature 438, 564; 2005), Martin Kemp outlines the ancestral line of vertebrates, from modern humans back through evolutionary history to mudskippers.Mudskippers are amphibious gobioids (a suborder of perch-related bony fishes) with arm-like pectoral fins.

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