Most Primitive Snake Fossil Discovered

smooth wombat writes "A newly discovered fossil seems to suggest that snakes evolved on land rather than in the water. The size of the fossil is unknown but it wasn't more than three feet long according to Hussam Zaher of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. It's the first time scientists have found a snake with a sacrum -- a bony feature supporting the pelvis -- he said. That feature was lost as snakes evolved from lizards, and since this is the only known snake that hasn't lost it, it must be the most primitive known, he said."

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Snakes?!

[winmine]

Was a fossilized plane found nearby?

So let me get this straight...

[hackwrench]

Having a feature makes you more primitive than not having a feature?
Wow! The final proof that men are more primitive than women!