A huge and beautifully preserved suite of fossils discovered in China has cast doubt on the idea that complex life flourished dramatically during a rapid burst of evolution known as the Cambrian ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a 550-million-year-old sponge that likely lacked hard skeletal parts, explaining why ...

As mentioned in the study 01574-9), this kind of preservation gives researchers a clearer view of the original structure, down to fine anatomical details that are usually lost over time. Even more ...

The new fossil is named after Russell Garwood, a Manchester University paleontologist who has spent his career understanding chelicerate evolution. The specimen was originally collected in 1962 during ...