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The Fish-Tetrapod Transition

In Our Time: Science

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Evolution and the Industrial Revolution

In the 90th century, there was a rush of new information as I understand it. The propeller actually goes all the way back to people like Archimedes that develop something like that to be used in the water. And later was used to power boats through the water and then the Wright brothers realized that this can also be used to move a plane in the air. So in a sense, evolution kind of worked that way. All of these things, limbs, digits, necks, lungs, they were evolved and they originated in the water to help these fishes fit into their environment. They are the very things that enable us to live on dry land.

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