# Devonian Four-Limbed Creature Reveals Insights into How Vertebrate Hand

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**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/devonian-four-limbed-creature-reveals-insights-into-how-vertebrate-hand/9976 "2020-03-20T00:47:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/devonian-four-limbed-creature-reveals-insights-into-how-vertebrate-hand/9976/1 "2020-03-20T00:47:25Z")

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> **[Devonian Four-Limbed Creature Reveals Insights into How Vertebrate Hand...](http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/elpistostege-watsoni-08244.html)**
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> A 1.57-m (5.2-foot) long specimen of Elpistostege watsoni from the Devonian period of Canada has yielded the missing evolutionary link in the fish to tetrapod transition.