These 567-Million-Year-Old Fossils Are Rewriting the Story of Life on Earth

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought. Every animal alive today, from jellyfish to humans, traces its ancestry back to a pivotal moment when complex life first emerged from a world dominated by simple microbes. Yet the fossil record from this evolutionary turning point remains frustratingly [...]

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