Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...
In an incredible discovery, scientists have uncovered what they believe is the oldest animal ever found on Earth. Known as Otavia antiqua, this primitive organism dating back 760 million years, was ...
A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing today in ...