Sponge cells build skeletons with pole-and-beam structure

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 14:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Sponges build their skeletons in a completely different way than other animals do, researchers have found. In fact, the building process looks a lot like the construction of human-made buildings, minus the architectural plans.

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