A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in existence were soft-bodied and microscopic, leaving behind very little evidence ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

A fossil assemblage from China’s Yunnan province suggests animal life diversified in the Ediacaran Period earlier than ...

Researchers have recovered more than 700 fossil specimens.

The "exciting" find in China includes the remains of a creature that "looks like the sand worm from Dune." The post ‘Treasure trove’ reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought appeared first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in existence ...