World's oldest teeth discovered among fish fossils in China

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Scientists in China say they have discovered fish fossils dating back 440 million years and that their findings could change the understanding of the whole evolutionary framework . This is actually a very precious fossil evidence for us to better understand the origin and earliest evolution of jaws, says Min Zhu, a researcher from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.