Snakes started as burrowers, not swimmers

Adam Khor

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/07/25/first-prehistoric-snake-slithered-out-on-land-not-at-sea/

Rubecula

It says a new report in that article, yet I was taught this many years ago in my Biology class. It seems folks can get funding for research into already known facts these days.

Good find by the way, I am just unimpressed a bit by the contents.:(

Adam Khor

Rubecula wrote: »

It says a new report in that article, yet I was taught this many years ago in my Biology class. It seems folks can get funding for research into already known facts these days.

Good find by the way, I am just unimpressed a bit by the contents.:(

No worries, I too thought this was old news. But as you say, they seem to do a lot of research into known facts indeed :S

Plus, I have to post something or I'll lose my perfect record

Galvasean

I also thought it was conventionally thought that snakes evolved from lizards similar to monitors that made use of burrows.