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Exclusive: 600-million-year old blobs are earliest animals ever found

Fossils in China suggest that that some of the first animals in existence

may have been carnivorous comb jellies similar to some species

that still exist today. New Scientist, January 23, 20-19

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132142-700-exclusive-600-million-year-old-blobs-are-earliest-animals-ever-found/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

 

An older article is:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180053-earliest-known-animal-was-a-half-billion-year-old-underwater-blob/

 

Unfortunately, it is behind a paywall. It was discussed today on BBC radio.

 

A related article is:

 

Scientists Think Comb Jellies May Have Come Before All Other Animals

Sorry, sponges—there’s a new oldest ancestor in town, Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-think-comb-jellies-may-have-come-all-other-animals-180962858/

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/jellyfish-and-comb-jellies

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

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