/channels/news_feeds/all/term/snake/rss en /channels/channels/news/ancient-snakes-cheekbone-sheds-light-evolution-modern-snake-skulls-302723 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New research from a collaboration between Argentinian and University of Alberta and 9I制作厂免费 palaeontologists adds a new piece to the puzzle of snake evolution.</p> <p>The researchers examined a strikingly well-preserved fossil of the rear-limbed snake Najash rionegrina, found in Argentina. The study shows that nearly 100 million years ago, these legged snakes still had a cheekbone鈥攁lso known as a jugal bone鈥攖hat has all but disappeared in their modern descendants.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/snake_skull_illustration_release.jpg?itok=gdbJc9g5" width="160" height="203" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:17:01 +0000 webfull 155601 at /channels