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SUMMARY:Could the earliest limbed animals walk? - Dr Stephanie E Pierce
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CONTACT:Sven Friedemann
DESCRIPTION:The origin of limbed vertebrates (tetrapods) was one of the mo
 st important evolutionary events in Earth's history. Vast changes to the s
 keletal system - including the development of limbs with digits and jointe
 d struts in the spinal column - provided the means for our 'fish' ancestor
 s to venture out of the water and dominate every continent on the planet. 
 Over the last few decades\, our knowledge of the skeletal anatomy of the e
 arliest tetrapods has vastly increased\; yet we still lack a true understa
 nding of how evolutionary modifications of the skeletal system at the 'fis
 h-tetrapod' transition culiminated in the ability to walk on land. Here I 
 detail a study in which I investigate locomotion potential in the iconic D
 evonian tetrapod _Ichthyostega_ through an analysis of 3D limb joint mobil
 ity.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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