The Newest Addition to The Shark Family Tree

Sharks have been around here on Earth for a very long time; they emerged over 400 million years ago. But did you know that some of them can walk? New research shows that nine million years ago, these walking sharks appeared. This makes them the most recently evolved shark on the planet.

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New research published in Marine and Freshwater Research describes nine species of walking shark, all of whom live in the waters off northern Australia, eastern Indonesia, and near the island of New Guinea. Walking sharks have been documented before, but the new research—a collaboration between the University of Queensland, Conservation International, and several other institutions—describes them [in] an evolutionary context, including how they came to be a distinct genus.

But don’t worry! Even if they can walk on land, they are harmless to humans.

More details about them over at Gizmodo.

(Image Credit: Mark Erdmann/ Gizmodo)

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