Science
Paleontologists Find Evolutionary Link between Ediacaran and Early Cambrian Multicellular Animals | Paleontology – Sci-News.com
Paleontologists have described the first three-dimensional preservation of soft tissue in Namacalathus hermanastes, a skeletal metazoan (multicellular animal) that…
Paleontologists have described the first three-dimensional preservation of soft tissue in Namacalathus hermanastes, a skeletal metazoan (multicellular animal) that lived some 547 million years ago (Ediacaran period) in what is now Namibia, and established a strong evolutionary link between Ediacaran and early Cambrian metazoans.
Namacalathus (individuals numbered). Centimeter scale. Image credit: Shore et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf2933.
Until recently, little was known about the origins of animals…
-
General12 hours agoQantas terminal at Melbourne Airport evacuated and flights delayed due to fire
-
Noosa News21 hours agoJane Edmanson hangs up her Gardening Australia hat, reflects on labour of love behind show’s success
-
Business19 hours ago$10,000 invested in Woodside shares 4 years ago is now worth…
-
Business17 hours ago3 of the best ASX ETFs for beginners to buy with $1,000