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Call it a grand-phibian. Scientists have unearthed a fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina — a shock finding that could alter our understanding of amphibian evolution, experts say.

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Tadpole shrimp aren't the living fossils they appear to be, new research suggests. Darwin coined the term "living fossil" in "On the Origin of Species" to describe organisms that appear not to have ...