image: J. Sibbick
image: J. Sibbick
Complex skeletons existed from the beginning of the universe-in God’s plan.
Halt! who goes there? Friend or anenome?
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““This fossil has been known for a long time, and was assumed to have been a primitive animal, such as a sponge or coral. This study suggests that it was, in fact, more advanced. We have suspected that these complex animals were present in the Ediacaran, but this study provides the first proof,†said Wood in a press release. Her team published its results in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Wood and her colleagues say that N. hermanastes may be more closely related to today’s brachiopods (marine animals with hard shells that usually attach themselves to rocks or sediment on the seafloor) and bryozoans (tiny marine animals that form colonies and encrust rocks or the hulls of boats). That means that the complex skeletons of today’s animals started evolving about 10 million years before the beginning of the Cambrian period, much earlier than scientists previously thought.”(from this article)
This may make the so called Cambrian Explosion more understandable and having a longer time period.
I've heard of that!
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
