First Animals Evolved in Lakes, Not Oceans, Study Hints

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 17:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Vast amounts of a mineral that doesn't form in seawater surround some of the earliest known animal fossils, suggesting that complex life arose in salty, alkaline lakes.

Read the whole article on National Geographic

More from National Geographic

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net