Scientists finally explain Earth’s strangest fossils

ScienceDaily
Jan 27, 2026, 8:46 am197 ptsTop
The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in sandstone came from unusual ancient seawater chemistry that created clay “cements” around their bodies…

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