According to fossil records dating back as far as 500 million years ago, the earliest arthropods to venture on land also looked for discarded shells to use for protection. The lineage is far older than that of the hermit crab, originating some 200 million years ago, and that was thus far the oldest known to exhibit s... |
24 August 2009
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Since our planet was first created some 4.5 billion years ago, numerous things had to fall in place for life to appear. And when it did, it apparently not only spread, but broke out with incredible power and energy. Of course, there were hitches along the road, some of them major (five clearly established extinction ... |
9 July 2009
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Fossil records show that, between 580 and 530 million years ago, the species diversity on Earth jumped from single-celled organisms to a wide variety and complexity of life forms, hinting at what exists today as well. The rapid emergence of new and different species within 60 to 80 million years came to be known as t... |
19 May 2009
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Experts have found what appears to be the oldest of the footprints that ever marked the soil of the planet, in the remains of a shallow sea in Nevada. Apparently made 570 million years ago by the first animals that evolved legs, this footprint comes to push the walking advent 30 million years further in time. Re... |
6 October 2008
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The latest fossils found prove that the number of crawling creatures that crowded the Cambrian shores was larger than previously believed. And that they were not alone. About 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian age, all of Earth's life was concentrated in the planetary oceans. Paleontologists assume ... |
25 September 2008
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The phrase "sex is one of the oldest professions" has got a scientific proof. A recent research published in the journal "Science" describes the oldest known animal "caught in the act." This ancient sexual encounter occurred amongst 565-Ma-old tubular invertebrates called Funisia dorothea.Funisia fossils were found i... |
3 April 2008
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