Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...
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Scientists finally solve major evolution puzzle regarding world’s oldest animals
The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living ...
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The World’s Oldest Animal Fossil Found: Meet the Tiny Creature That Survived Earth’s Ice Ages
In an incredible discovery, scientists have uncovered what they believe is the oldest animal ever found on Earth. Known as Otavia antiqua, this primitive organism dating back 760 million years, was ...
A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...
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