A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Fossils in China show that complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, changing our understanding of how life ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago.

How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were first discovered. The Cambrian Period, 539 million to 485 million years ago, ...

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ...

Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...

The discovery of a new fossil site in China has revealed exceptionally well-preserved specimens from the Ediacaran Period.

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonised almost all environments on Earth – from hostile ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

A newly discovered trove of fossils in southwestern China is shifting the timeline of when complex animals evolved.

The "exciting" find in China includes the remains of a creature that "looks like the sand worm from Dune." The post ‘Treasure ...