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Published online 9 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.946
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The eyes have it
Fossilized flatfish settle evolutionary conundrum.
A trio of fossilized fish has finally settled an evolutionary conundrum that once puzzled Charles Darwin.
The flatfish has always been regarded as an oddity.
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This is a wonderful piece of work. The fossil has been prepared extremely well. The video is helpful but somewhat unclear. I am glad to have seen it. And how much more we now know about flatfish! I always told my students to use museum collections. So many fossils in collections have never been studied, or even prepared. The field is fun but the museum is full of treasures as Friedman has shown us. Congratulations.
Hooray!