Determining the appearance of the earliest creatures to develop skeletons was impossible — until now.
Scientists have resolved a centuries-old mystery by determining the appearance of the earliest animals to create skeletons — thanks to an extremely well-preserved collection of fossils found in eastern Yunnan Province, China.
“This really is a one-in-million discovery”
Luke parry and guangxu zhang/xiaodong wang.
The discoveries were recently published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and complete a crucial gap in our understanding of Earth’s evolutionary history.
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