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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106032508im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 08-181 Details of Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Land Animals Revealed
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Head skeleton sheds light on intermediate steps
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![Illustration of Tiktaalik crawling from the sea to land.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106032508im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fossil_fish1_f.jpg) |
Fossil fish bridges the evolutionary gap between animals of land and sea.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation |
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![Photo of the head of a fossil specimen of Tiktaalik roseae.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106032508im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fossil_fish2_f.jpg) |
The head of a fossil specimen of Tiktaalik roseae.
Credit: Ted Daeschler |
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![Photo of scientists looking for fossil evidence of Tiktaalik on Ellesmere Island, Canada.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106032508im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fossil_fish3_f.jpg) |
Scientists look for fossil evidence of Tiktaalik on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada.
Credit: Ted Daeschler |
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