An ancient tadpole fossil, the oldest ever found, was recently unearthed in Argentina, providing insights into the evolution of modern frogs.

NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

Scientists in Argentina have uncovered the world’s oldest tadpole fossil, dating back 161 million years to the Jurassic ...

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This week, a paper published in the journal Nature detailed a tadpole fossil that proves that tadpoles existed at least 161 ...

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The oldest recorded fossils of adult frogs date back to around 217 million years ago, in the Late Triassic Period, but the ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, dating back approximately 161 million years to the Middle Jurassic period.

W hen we think of the Jurassic, images of giants come to mind. Giant dinosaurs, giant pterosaurs, giant frogs… If the latter ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ...