For decades, scientists have puzzled over a significant gap in the fossil record of Earth's earliest animals, with genetic ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sponges are among earth’s most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, ...
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