The century-long fight over how turtles evolved to have shells

How the Turtle Got Its Shell

How the Turtle Got Its Shell Watch this video on YouTube. Turtles were at the center of a hundred-year evolutionary controversy since the 1887 discovery of a Proganochelys fossil in…

Turtles were at the center of a hundred-year evolutionary controversy since the 1887 discovery of a Proganochelys fossil in Germany. AS PBS Eons explains, the question of how turtles got their shells led scientists "to rethink the entire history of reptile evolution."

Bonus video: sea turtles eat jellyfish like spaghetti:

See a Sea Turtle Devour a Jellyfish Like Spaghetti | National Geographic

How the Turtle Got Its Shell (YouTube / PBS Eons)

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