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World Service,1 min

The four-legged hugging snake

Science In Action

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How did snakes evolve? Did they come from marine lizards or terrestrial burrowing lizards? A newly discovered four-legged fossil snake nicknamed the ‘Huggy Snake’ may have provided Nick Longrich at the University of Bath with the answer. (Image caption: Close up of Tetrapodophis amplectus feet © Dave Martill, University of Portsmouth)

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