Tiktaalik is the first vertebrate to walk on land, and the earliest known link between aquatic fish and the first amphibians.
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Tiktaalik is the first vertebrate to walk on land, and the earliest known link between aquatic fish and the first amphibians.
Added: Feb 27, 2009
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