Sponge-like Canadian fossils believed to be earliest sign of animal life | South China Morning Post

Scientists have identified what they believe to be the world's oldest animal fossils. They are ancient sea sponges that inhabited primordial reefs built by bacteria roughly 890 million years ago. They were discovered two decades ago in the Mackenzie Mountains in northwest Canada by Dr Elizabeth Turner, who's now bas…

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