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Fats from 558 million years in the past reveals earliest identified animal
Scientists have found molecules of fats in an historical fossil to disclose the earliest confirmed animal within the geological report that lived on Earth 558 million years in the past. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
A new study suggests the Malagasy striped whirligig beetle Heterogyrus milloti boasts a genetic pedigree stretching back to the late Triassic period. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Half-a-billion-year-old fossils shed light animal evolution on Earth
Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on Earth. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Half-a-billion-year-old fossils shed light animal evolution on Earth
Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on Earth. Geology News — ScienceDaily
‘Mysterious’ ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms
It lived well over 550 million years ago, is known only through fossils and has variously been described as looking a bit like a jellyfish, a worm, a fungus and lichen. But was the ‘mysterious’ Dickinsonia an animal, or was … Continue reading
New Species of Dinosaur Is the Largest Land Animal to Ever Walk the Earth
Diego Pol lying by large femur thigh bone fossil of thenew species find, One hundred million years ago, a colossal creature the size of a 737 thundered through the forests of South America, picking trees clean with its head extended … Continue reading
Ancient animal thought to be first air breather on land loses claim to fame
Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate student has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s evolutionary history. The research has shown that the millipede thought to be the world’s oldest known air-breathing land creature is in … Continue reading
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Animal evolution: Hot start, followed by cold shock
The initial phases of animal evolution proceeded faster than hitherto supposed: New analyses suggest that the first animal phyla emerged in rapid succession — prior to the global Ice Age that set in around 700 million years ago. Paleontology News … Continue reading
New light shed on ‘world’s oldest animal fossils’
Ancient fossils, thought to be some of the world’s earliest examples of animal remains, could in fact belong to other groups such as algae, scientists suggest. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Scientist strengthens tools to track animal, ecosystem responses to environmental changes
By charting the slopes and crags on animals’ teeth as if they were mountain ranges, scientists have created a powerful new way to learn about the diets of extinct animals from the fossil record. Understanding the diets of animals that … Continue reading