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https://phys.org/news/2019-03-earliest-animals-assumed.html
Fossil fats suggest animal life got started later than
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https://newatlas.com/earliest-animals-evolved-later/58771/
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A related article:
Fossil fats reveal how complex life kicked off after Snowball
Earth phase. New Atlas. Michael Irving, January 31st, 2019
https://newatlas.com/fossil-fats-snowball-earth/58292/
yours,
Paul H.