animal legs

[Curtis Clark]

At 02:35 PM 7/28/99 -0700, Ken Kinman wrote:
>While the origins and evolution of vertebrate legs are relatively well
>understood, the legs of invertebrates are a whole different story.  They
>almost certainly didn't evolve to walk on land.

I would surmise from the limbs of coelacanths that the same might be true
of vertebrates.


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