A recently discovered 80-million-year-old snake fossil from Brazil sheds light on how lizards lost their limbs, offering insights into the evolution of slithering serpents and their ancestral origins.

One of the best-preserved early snake fossils, the Tametara mirim fossil dates back around 75 to 85 million years to the Cretaceous Period.

A recently discovered 80-million-year-old snake fossil from Brazil sheds light on how lizards lost their limbs, offering insights into the evolution of slithering serpents and…