New fossil find sheds light on the origins of animal life on EarthNow, researchers have uncovered an exceptionally rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories that could help fill some of those gapsEvery animal alive today traces its ancestry back to a pivotal moment when complex life first emerged from a world dominated by simple microbes.
Yet the fossil record from this evolutionary turning point remains frustratingly sparse.
Now, researchers have uncovered an exceptionally rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories that could help fill some of those gaps.
New fossil find sheds light on the origins of animal life on Earth
Now, researchers have uncovered an exceptionally rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories that could help fill some of those gaps
Every animal alive today traces its ancestry back to a pivotal moment when complex life first emerged from a world dominated by simple microbes.
Yet the fossil record from this evolutionary turning point remains frustratingly sparse. Now, researchers have uncovered an exceptionally rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories that could help fill some of those gaps.