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More than 4,000 snake species live today, all descended from heavily modified lizard ancestors. Yet scientists still do not fully understand how snakes developed their long, limbless bodies. Because early snake fossils are rare, researchers have struggled to determine which environments and behaviors shaped their evolution.
For many years, the debate centered on two main possibilities. Some scientists proposed that snakes first became elongated and limbless wh...
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