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SCIENCEApr 24 · 06:59 UTCSCIENCE DAILY

This 100 million-year-old snake had hind legs and a lost bone that changes evolution

A 100-million-year-old fossil of Najash rionegrina from Argentina reveals that early snakes had hind legs and a cheekbone absent in modern species, challenging previous assumptions about their evolution. The discovery suggests these ancient snakes were large predators, not small burrowers.

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