For decades, scientists have puzzled over a significant gap in the fossil record of Earth's earliest animals, with genetic ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

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The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...