Re: New Limbed Cretaceous Snake

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> > <<Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Pennsylvania State
> > University, US, says: "In one fell swoop, this new fossil kind of
> > casts doubt on the aquatic hypothesis."
> >
> > His DNA sequencing studies suggest a terrestrial origin for snakes.
> > And he says that, looking at evolutionary history, it is difficult
> > to find examples of limb loss in an aquatic environment.>>
>
> Can somebody please explain how DNA sequencing
> was done in relation to this fossil?

Not at all of course. Hedges did his studies long before *Najash* was 
discovered, on extant species -- and he never says otherwise.