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Published online 5 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060403-7
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The fish that crawled out of the water
A newly found fossil links fish to land-lubbers.
A crucial fossil that shows how animals crawled out from the water, evolving from fish into land-loving animals, has been found in Canada.
The creature, described today in Nature 1,2, lived some 375 million years ago.
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