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Long-Lost Fish Caught in 1938
In December 1938, South African fishing captain Hendrick Goosen caught a 1.5-meter coelacanth, a fish scientists had known only from fossils and believed extinct. A 2013 study of its genome, analyzing 3 billion DNA base pairs, found that its genes change more slowly than those of other vertebrates. Scientists say it is better described as a slowly evolving species than a “living fossil,” and it remains important for understanding vertebrate evolution.
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