The discovery of the fossil, <em>Tiktaalik roseae</em> on a Canadian island gives credence to the fact that animals moved from living in water to living on dry land. This fish which has feature of land animals such as a neck, skull, and ribs is believed to have lived some 375 million years ago. It also has features of fish such as the fins and scales.
The discovery of this fossil is important to scientists because it confirmed their believe that there should be an organism that would prove that life transitioned from water to land. The fossil was discovered in the year 2004.
