“One in a Million” Find: Soft Tissue Discovered in 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil

A rare 450-million-year-old fossil with preserved soft tissue is revealing how some of Earth’s earliest reef animals lived and evolved. More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared or forests covered the continents, Earth’s shallow seas were already filled with complex animal communities. Among the most striking inhabitants were crinoids, relatives of starfish [...]

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