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A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group. [1] This is especially important where the descendant group is sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group.
A symbolic portrayal of human evolution, showing developmental stages as a matter of illustration. "Missing link" is a recently-discovered transitional fossil.It is often used in popular science and in the media for any new transitional form.
The following tables give an overview of notable finds of hominin fossils and remains relating to human evolution, beginning with the formation of the tribe Hominini (the divergence of the human and chimpanzee lineages) in the late Miocene, roughly 7 to 8 million years ago.
The following species are often understood to be transitional fossils, many of which can be found at List of transitional fossils. Subcategories.
A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group. [97] This is especially important where the descendant group is sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group.
Because A. sediba had many traits in common with Homo ergaster/H. erectus, particularly in the pelvis and legs, the describers postulated that A. sediba was a transitional fossil between Australopithecus and Homo. [1] Dental traits are also suggestive of some close relationship between A. sediba and the ancestor of Homo. [6]
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The skull of Thrinaxodon is an important transitional fossil which supports the simplification of synapsid skulls over time. The most notable jump in bone number reduction had occurred between Thrinaxodon and Probainognathus, a change so dramatic that it is most likely that the fossil record for this particular transition is incomplete.