Aug. 21 (UPI) --New fossil analysis suggests the planet's earliest known animals emerged at least 571 million years ago. The new study -- published this month in the journal Paleontology-- proves ...

Ediacaran fossils of Charnia (A-C) and Shaanxilithes Photo: Courtesy of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology Chinese scientists and researchers announced on Tuesday the discovery of new ...

A postgraduate student of the Faculty of Geology of MSU, working with an international scientific group, participated in chemical analysis of biomarkers -- compounds that remained after the ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering unprecedented insight into the earliest evolution of complex animal life on Earth.

Researchers studying the soft bodied Ediacaran biotas of the world generally accept that there are three distinct assemblages: The 575–560-million-year-old (Ma) Avalon Assemblage—best known from the ...

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Researchers studying the soft-bodied Ediacaran biotas of the world generally accept that there are three distinct assemblages. The 575–560-million-year-old (Ma) Avalon Assemblage is best known from ...

In a hillside in Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have pulled more than 700 fossils from rock that is roughly 554 million years old. The collection, known as the Jiangchuan Biota, ...

Scientists have identified the earliest known animal in the geological record. It's a 558-million-year-old oval-shaped creature that may have borne a superficial resemblance to a segmented jellyfish.