'A load of old rot': Fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 14:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The earliest example of an organism living on land -- an early type of fungus -- has been identified. The organism, from 440 million years ago, likely kick-started the process of rot and soil formation, which encouraged the later growth and diversification of life on land.