New analysis of ancient #fish may explain how shoulder evolved https://phys.org/news/2023-11-analysis-ancient-fish-shoulder-evolved.html
Fossil evidence for a pharyngeal origin of the #vertebrate pectoral girdle https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06702-4
"The #GillArches seem to have been involved in the early separation of the head and body via the shoulder. But we no longer have gill arches—though the shoulder was templated on them, they don't need to still be around today."
