How early tetrapods got their neck

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 14 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03061-8 As fish evolved into four-limbed creatures, their skull separated from their shoulders to form a neck. Now we learn that this early neck was surprisingly rigid.