Discovery of possible earliest animal life pushes back fossil record

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 13:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists may have discovered in Australia the oldest fossils of animal bodies. These findings push back the clock on the scientific world's thinking regarding when animal life appeared on Earth. The results suggest that primitive sponge-like creatures lived in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago.

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