Researchers to study physics of underwater walking
(PHYSorg.com Physics)

Around 360 million years ago, creatures trekked out of the water and onto dry land, becoming the first terrestrial animals. The colonization of land by animals may be one of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life, but our understanding of the physics of this event is limited. Professor Henry Astley, Ph.D., from The University of Akron (UA) seeks to find answers.