The group consistently emphasizes the importance of Elpistostege's fossil in understanding vertebrate origins, with words like 'fascinating' and 'brilliant', reflecting high interest, while posts referencing scientific analyses and personal visits demonstrate deep engagement and perceived impact on evolutionary knowledge.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions support the significance of the fossil in understanding vertebrate evolution, with many calling the findings 'fascinating' and 'fabulous'.
InterestHigh interest
Posts express high interest, referencing personal visits to fossil sites and excitement about new discoveries.
EngagementHigh engagement
Discussions include detailed analyses, references to scientific analyses, and mentions of the fossil's implications, indicating deep engagement.
ImpactModerate impact
The fossil is seen as a key discovery that blurs traditional distinctions between fish and land vertebrates, suggesting a meaningful impact on evolutionary studies.
Abstract in brief
The discovery of a nearly complete Elpistostege watsoni fossil from the Devonian period provides new insights into how fish fins evolved into tetrapod limbs, showing a mix of primitive fin rays and more advanced skeletal structures.
The fossil reveals that the pectoral fin has a complex pattern of bones, including rows of radials and what may be early digits, suggesting how the vertebrate hand could have originated from fins.
These findings imply that the evolution of the tetrapod hand was likely based on a primitive skeletal pattern hidden within aquatic fins, with Elpistostege potentially being closely related to the ancestors of all land vertebrates.]
Una nueva pieza del puzzle sobre el origen de la mano en los vertebrados: #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand
https://t.co/5yd6sspeUc https://t.co/9TdwWt6z75
Mar 19, 2020 · 11 likes · 4 shares · 810 followersView post →
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/ZGSqlStTtU
Mar 18, 2020 · 8 likes · 3 shares · 32,148 followersView post →
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Jean-Sébastien Moore
@jeanseb_moore · X
The coolest new fossil linking fish to tetrapods was recently discovered in Gaspésie!!! Bravo à toute l’équipe! |Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature https://t.co/seJoW79bxg
Mar 19, 2020 · 7 likes · 1 share · 1,015 followersView post →
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Dr Alice C loves lungfish (she/her)
@DrAliceClement · X
I was interviewed by @lmacphersonreal today for his segment on @thewireradio about our recent paper on #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand (published in @nature last week) - listen here
Mar 23, 2020 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 1,303 followersView post →
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didaclopez
@didaclopez · X
@cronicasdefauna @eva_colomina En el 2020 se han publicado dos artículos que nos muestran lo que todavía ignoramos de los tetrapodomorfos:
- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/yeeWaVulQA
- Functional adaptive landscapes predict terrestrial capacity of limbs https://t.co/ufd1pUnECZ
Dec 26, 2020 · 3 likes · 3,442 followersView post →
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Howard I. Browman (also now @hbrowman.bsky.social)
@HBrowman · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/skHw9vTqBb
Mar 30, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 2,259 followersView post →
This video discusses the discovery of the Elpistostege watsoni fossil from the Devonian period, shedding light on how fish fins evolved into tetrapod limbs. The fossil reveals a complex bone pattern suggesting the…
The discovery of a nearly complete Elpistostege watsoni fossil provides new insights into how fish fins evolved into tetrapod limbs, revealing complex bones and early digits, suggesting the primitive skeletal pattern in…
@_young_earth_ @ICRscience Nope. Elpistostege is morphologically transitional between early tetrapodomorphs like Tiktaalik and early stem-tetrapods like Vetastega. And a phylogenetic analysis confirms this. The full paper https://t.co/XNUGPDcHnI
And notice how you ignore the other paper.
@cronicasdefauna @eva_colomina En el 2020 se han publicado dos artículos que nos muestran lo que todavía ignoramos de los tetrapodomorfos:
- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/yeeWaVulQA
- Functional adaptive landscapes predict terrestrial capacity of limbs https://t.co/ufd1pUnECZ
Dec 26, 2020 · 3 likes · 3,442 followersView post →
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Alice Bruneau
@pharmaliceB · X
@JacquelynGill Elpistostege Watsoni! Recently visited the Miguasha National Park in Eastern Canada and I became a fan of fossils! Would love to see what it looked like
Author Correction: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand: Nature, Published online: 08 July 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2450-2Author Correction: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/nfJoD84c6x
Howard I. Browman (also now @hbrowman.bsky.social)
@HBrowman · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/skHw9vTqBb
Mar 30, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 2,259 followersView post →
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FUPS
@fupalaeosoc · X
RT @DrAliceClement: I was interviewed by @lmacphersonreal today for his segment on @thewireradio about our recent paper on #Elpistostege an…
Mar 23, 2020 · 3 shares · 588 followersView post →
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Vera Weisbecker (she/her on Kaurna land)
@WeisbeckerLab · X
RT @DrAliceClement: I was interviewed by @lmacphersonreal today for his segment on @thewireradio about our recent paper on #Elpistostege an…
Mar 23, 2020 · 3 shares · 1,135 followersView post →
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Melanie During, PhD. ⛏
@MelanieDuring · X
RT @DrAliceClement: I was interviewed by @lmacphersonreal today for his segment on @thewireradio about our recent paper on #Elpistostege an…
Mar 23, 2020 · 3 shares · 7,201 followersView post →
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Dr Alice C loves lungfish (she/her)
@DrAliceClement · X
I was interviewed by @lmacphersonreal today for his segment on @thewireradio about our recent paper on #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand (published in @nature last week) - listen here
Mar 23, 2020 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 1,303 followersView post →
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Tom Looby ☘️
@mapocoloco · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand - a fish with fingers https://t.co/dMj9TsOWiq
RT @FerEscaso: Una nueva pieza del puzzle sobre el origen de la mano en los vertebrados: #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate han…
Mar 19, 2020 · 4 shares · 4,950 followersView post →
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Sergio
@sersanfe_paleo · X
RT @FerEscaso: Una nueva pieza del puzzle sobre el origen de la mano en los vertebrados: #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate han…
Mar 19, 2020 · 4 shares · 556 followersView post →
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Fernando Escaso
@FerEscaso · X
Una nueva pieza del puzzle sobre el origen de la mano en los vertebrados: #Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand
https://t.co/5yd6sspeUc https://t.co/9TdwWt6z75
Mar 19, 2020 · 11 likes · 4 shares · 810 followersView post →
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids
@Jente_O · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature
https://t.co/ZfEIwtVel5
"We suggest that the vertebrate hand arose primarily from a skeletal pattern buried within the fairly typical aquatic pectoral fin of elpistostegalians." https://t.co/gyM3ww4eRy
Mar 19, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,039 followersView post →
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David Deslauriers
@DeslauriersDave · X
RT @jeanseb_moore: The coolest new fossil linking fish to tetrapods was recently discovered in Gaspésie!!! Bravo à toute l’équipe! |Elpisto…
The coolest new fossil linking fish to tetrapods was recently discovered in Gaspésie!!! Bravo à toute l’équipe! |Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature https://t.co/seJoW79bxg
Mar 19, 2020 · 7 likes · 1 share · 1,015 followersView post →
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チョビ之助
@Cyobinosuke · X
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/ZGSqlStTtU
Mar 19, 2020 · 3 shares · 486 followersView post →
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Ditidos
@Ditidos · X
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/ZGSqlStTtU
Mar 19, 2020 · 3 shares · 139 followersView post →
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El Jardín de Charles
@CRCiencia · X
Artículo original (abstract) > Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/wjJunQJMrR by @nature https://t.co/rEDtUZ7WYv
Mar 19, 2020 · 2 likes · 122,065 followersView post →
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Sandy Hetherington
@Sandy_Heth · X
RT @nb2701_berry: Fabulous paper!!Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature https://t.co/tT8ODQFbt0
Mar 19, 2020 · 1 share · 2,455 followersView post →
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Prof. Christine Böhmer
@VertEvo · X
RT @ToY_twittest: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand https://t.co/YQBdDdLgam
Mar 19, 2020 · 1 share · 1,172 followersView post →
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Dr Tasmin Rymer
@dr_rymer · X
Ancient fish fossil reveals evolutionary origin of the human hand
https://t.co/fHrux0JBEo
(actual article at DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2100-8 , https://t.co/0lTwYTdgsv)
Amazing work by my mates Alice Clement and @LongJohnfossil
#Elpistostege and the origin of the #vertebrate hand
We suggest that the vertebrate hand arose from a skeletal pattern buried within typical aquatic pectoral fin
https://t.co/xvKE4vIOS9
#fossil #fossils #palaeontology https://t.co/pSzrHCxctB
Mar 18, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 472 followersView post →
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Christopher Berry
@nb2701_berry · X
Fabulous paper!!Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature https://t.co/tT8ODQFbt0
Mar 18, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 561 followersView post →
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Francis Villatoro
@emulenews · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand. Elpistostege is potentially the sister taxon of all other tetrapods, and its appendages further blur the line between fish and land vertebrates. https://t.co/FbAu2rvjL8 https://t.co/AllbguYQAQ
Mar 18, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 45,058 followersView post →
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Nesslig201
@Nesslig201 · X
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand
... its appendages further blur the line between fish and land vertebrates.
https://t.co/2Y0hWxUqFy https://t.co/OAHbFGjUsp
“...Elpistostege is potentially the sister taxon of all other tetrapods, and its appendages further blur the line between fish and land vertebrates.”
Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand | Nature https://t.co/PK6jdYrivW
Evolution's Fish-Tetrapod Link | PDF | Social Science | History
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