Space science
Earth explodes with life thanks to 'threat from space'?
About 591 - 565 million years ago, the Earth's magnetosphere was almost
Ediacaran
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Early-stage complex organisms fed by osmosis
Research at Virginia Tech has shown that the oldest complex forms of life - living in nutrient-rich seas over 540 million years ago - can be eaten by osmosis.
Archeology
The first sign of life on Earth could be bacteria
A recent discovery shows that bacteria have existed on Earth for 3.7 billion years ago, after 1 billion years since the Earth was formed.
Archeology
Discovered the oldest vertebrate creature
Named Coronacollina acula, this creature was from 560-550 million years ago, ie during the Ediacaran period (630-542 million years ago), before the outbreak of life and…
Archeology
The earliest footprint of animals
The fossil record of an aquatic animal shows that animals are walking at least 30 million years earlier than expected.