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Shark face study uncovers 400-million-year-old blueprint shared across jawed vertebrates
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May 11, 2026 · 25s listen
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Most of what scientists know about face development comes from studies in bony vertebrates such as mice, chickens, and zebrafish. However, their evolutionary counterparts, cartilaginous fishes, have remained largely unexplored. This gap has limited our understanding of how facial structures evolved at the origin of jawed vertebrates.
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