Picturing Pikaia

Kim Handle, a science instructor at the New York Hall of Science writes: “Often laughed at here at the NY Hall of Science, it was delightful to stumble upon the Science Tattoos blog on the Loom.  Thank you!  Here’s my Pikaia, vertebrate fossil from the Burgess Shale.”

Carl: Here’s another Pikaia tattooanother Pikaia tattooanother Pikaia tattoo, and more information from the Smithsonian Instution on this early forerunner of fish (and us).

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