2013托福考试备考:托福阅读必备背景资料(十二)
The loss of genes that guide the development of fins may help to explain how fish evolved into four-limbed vertebrates, according to a study. In the late Devonian period, around 365 million years ago, fish-like creatures started venturing from shallow waters onto land with the help of eight-fingered limbs. The limbs had evolved from fins; during the transition, our back-boned ancestors lost rows of rigid fibers, called actinotrichia, that provide structural support and guide fin development. The number of digits was also later winnowed t... [ 查看全文 ]2013托福考试备考:托福阅读必备背景资料(十二)的相关文章