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May 12, 2021

Evolution of a smile: 400 million year old spiny fish overturns shark theory of tooth origins

Benedict King, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Martin Rücklin, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, and Philip C J Donoghue, University of Bristol

Scientists have long believed that sharks were the first vertebrates to evolve teeth. Our new study reveals a more complex history.

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