167-million-year-old fossil of Breugnathair elgolensis reveals how snakes first evolved from lizards | – The Times of India
The origins of snakes have baffled scientists for decades. How did these limbless, slithering predators evolve from their distant lizard ancestors? A remarkable discovery on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, may hold the key to this evolutionary mystery. Palaeontologists uncovered the fossil of a unique Jurassic reptile, Breugnathair elgolensis, which displays an extraordinary combination of…
