I know this is a four year old discovery, but it’s just awesome. As I’m sure you are all aware, scientific theories attempt to explain things. The better the theory the better it explains things and the better it will predict that which has yet to be found. Tiktallik is a great example of this. There was a gap in the fossil record between lobe finned fish and tetrapods, since this gap spanned 380 – 360 million years ago it was the place to look. What they found was Tiktallik roseae a lobe finned fish with lungs, amphibian like ribs, limb like fins, and a neck. If you haven’t checked out this ancient member of our family tree, I highly recommend it. Unfortunately the University of Chicago hasn’t been maintaining this site very well so some features won’t work with Flash 10.1 and a few links are broken.

http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/index.html