Fossils in China Push Back Origins of Animals by Millions of Years
Fossil of Archaeaspinus, a member of the Ediacaran biota. Credit: Masahiro Miyasaka / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA…
500-million-year-old spider relative has claws where it shouldn’t
The fossil was completely unremarkable. That’s what Harvard University paleontologist Rudy Lerosey-Aubril initially thought while examining an arthropod…
four-eyed vertebrates: The world’s oldest vertebrates had four eyes, scientists reveal in stunning discovery
The evolution of vertebrates is a story that stretches back over half a billion years. Among the most…