Frog forelimbs may be adapted for love and war as well as jumping - EurekAlert

Frog forelimbs may be adapted for love and war as well as jumping - EurekAlert
A new study indicates the way frogs mate and fight may hold the missing clue to their mysterious skeletal evolution. Bipedal organisms, like humans, often have flexible forearms, thanks to two long bones that are connected only at the wrist and elbow. With fr…
image: The radius and ulna of adult frog forearms are always fused into a single structure, as shown in this 3D model of the natal ghost frog, Hadromophryne natalensis.view more  Credit: Florida Mus… [+5817 chars] Read More



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