Oldest fossil evidence for animals found
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 15:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The oldest fossilized evidence of animals has been unearthed in Oman and reveals that tiny sea sponges were abundant 635 million years ago, long before most of the planet's other major animal groups evolved, according to a new analysis.
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