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A fossil reanalysis just blew up everything we thought we knew about the origins of animal lifeA new fossil study from Brazil is reshaping scientific discussions about the earliest forms of life on Earth. Researchers reexamined micros...- How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animalsNew fossils discovered in China’s Yunnan province show that complex animal life began millions of years earlier than previously thought, du...
- Hidden for 550 Million Years, This Newfoundland Fossil Site Is Rewriting Early Life on EarthScientists unearthed significant fossils near Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland. These ancient life forms from 550 million years ago are rewr...
- Ancient Fossils in China Reveal What Life Looked Like 550 Million Years AgoAncient rocks in Henan Province hold a significant paleontological secret. Fossils of the Dongpo Biota, dating back 550 million years, reve...
- Genes related to learning, memory, aggression date back to more than 650 million yearsThe genes necessary for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours appeared approximately 650 million years ago, according t...
- Discovered in Bhimbetka, India’s lone fossil of world’s oldest animalResearchers believe they have found the first-ever fossil in India of a Dickinsonia —the Earth’s ‘oldest animal’, dating back 570 million y...
- Earth's first ecosystems were more complex than thoughtA team of researchers from Canada, UK and US studied fossils of the extinct organism called Tribrachidium, which lived in the oceans.
- Animals caused Earth's first mass extinction, not a catastropheEarth's first mass extinction 540 million years ago was caused not by a meteorite impact or volcanic super-eruption but by the rise of earl...
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