Extinct 4.36-year-old fish fossils found: filling the void in evolutionary history

The news on September 14 that the 4.36-year-old extinct “double-billed shrew” was discovered in Chongqing, adding new fossil evidence to trace the early evolution “from fish to man”, according to media reports. Experts say there is ample embryonic and fossil evidence to suggest that tetrapods in humans, including the limbs, evolved from fishes (thorax and ventral). This discovery preserves body lines and paired ventral folds on the fossil record…