Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life

ScienceDaily
May 12, 2026, 3:10 am109 ptsTrending
Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life. What were once thought to be trails left behind by tiny worm-like creatures are now believed to be fossilized communities of bacteria and algae — some with remarkably preserved…

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