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flag Footprints found in Australia suggest reptiles existed 40 million years earlier than thought.

flag Fossilized footprints found in Victoria, Australia, suggest that reptiles may have existed 40 million years earlier than previously believed. flag These Carboniferous period tracks, initially thought to belong to amphibians, show distinct claw marks, indicating an early reptile. flag The discovery, detailed in the journal Nature, challenges current timelines for reptile evolution, previously pegged to about 318 million years ago, and offers new insights into the transition of vertebrates from water to land.

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