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A slab of sandstone from Australia sheds new light on the origin of tetrapods

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A slab of sandstone found in southeastern Australia dates to 355 million years ago .

The fossilized footprints are the oldest clawed tetrapod tracks ever found.

The discovery pushes the evolutionary tree of tetrapods back in time by 35 million years .

It also means the appearance of reptile-mammal evolutionary branch that leads to humans gets pushed back by 35 millions years .

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