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Fish fossil unfolds clues to vertebrate brain evolution

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Nature 614, 422-423 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00243-6

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 02 February 2023: The species name of the fossil studied has been corrected to Coccocephalus wildi.

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