JoinA Strange Fish Indeed: The "Discovery" of a Living Fossil
Through a series of fictionalized diary entries, this case recounts the “discovery” in South Africa in 1938 of a fish believed to be extinct for over 70 million years. Developed for use in a freshman biology course as an introduction to the nature and methods of scientific inquiry, the case could also be modified for use in upper-level biology courses such as ichthyology, evolutionary biology, or conservation ecology.