Fossil Evidence of Snakes That Had Legs One of the most exciting pieces of evidence for four-legged snakes comes from fossil snakes. In 2015, scientists discovered a fossil snake from South ...

Scientists have discovered that snakes descended from lizards with legs. Over millions of years, they lost their legs to adapt to their environment. Fossil discoveries like Tetrapodophis amplectus ...

Nüwa, the mother goddess credited with creating humanity in Chinese mythology, is often depicted with a human head and serpent-like body, reflecting the snake’s association with reproduction ...

A final chapter surveys recent results about a menagerie of other animals. 'In How the Snake Lost its Legs, Professor Held describes the key concepts that are at the foundation of evo/devo, in a ...