Science News, August 2nd, 1986
Artful Adapter The delicate beauty of the nautilus, with its pearly shell and intricate chambers, was described as early as the time of Aristotle. This shell has long been in use around the world for decorative purposes. Because the modern shell closely resembles fossils of ancestors living millions of years ago, scientists have called nautilus a living fossil. But biologists and paleontologists are now discovering that the modern beast inhabiting the spiral shell is a highly specialized animal that, rather than being at an evolutionary standstill, is evolving at a rate faster than that of ma...
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