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Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

The Utah fossil shows the first clear Cambrian chelicera to push the timeline back 20 million years.

Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

310-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Earliest Tongue-Bite in Ray-Finned Fish

First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’

Study Confirms Teeth Evolved from Sensory Armor of Ancient Fish