Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals
New study suggests animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought.
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New study suggests animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought.
A 550-million-year-old fossil may reveal the earliest instance of right-handedness in the animal kingdom.