Complex life left the seas earlier than thought

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 18:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Life on Earth began in the oceans, but new fossils are showing that complex algae-like organisms left these salty seas earlier than thought, about 1 billion years ago, and spent more time evolving on land.

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