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A 550-million-year-old worm was one of the first animals to move and make decisions...
CNN ^
| 09/05/2019
| Scottie Andrew,
Posted on 09/05/2019 2:09:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The team of scientists found the Yilingia spiciformis, which translates to "spiky Yiling bug," preserved in layers of rock near the Chinese city of Yiling. It resembled a millipede up to 10 inches in length, broken into 50 segments across its short body.
The spiky Yiling bug is one of the earliest bilaterians—that is, animals with bilateral symmetry, like humans—with segmented bodies and movement. They laid the groundwork for larger animals to move, think and impact their environment, he said.
Scientists always assumed segmented bilaterians evolved sometime between 635 million and 539 million years ago, but they'd never found evidence to back their claims. The fossilized trails provide a timeline for the Cambrian revolution, the "explosion" of life 540 million years ago that included many major animal groups that exist on Earth today.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bilaterians; godsgravesglyphs; yilingbug; yilingiaspiciformis
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:09:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Cool. Is that Michael Jacksons glove?
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:11:15 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
Maybe. Only way to be sure is to sniff it.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:12:31 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: dhs12345
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:12:48 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(The drive-by media is the true boss of the democommie party.)
To: BenLurkin
Lol. No thanks. I’ll take your word for it.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:13:12 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: BenLurkin
The earth was capable of sustaining lifeforms more complicated than corporate vice presidents over 500 million years ago.
Interesting.
To: BenLurkin
I hope I don’t ever dress like that regardless of how long I live.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:15:01 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: BenLurkin
Did it vote for Bernie???
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:22:01 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: trisham
If the doctors can keep me alive as long as her, I’ll dress in whatever they want me to wear.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:23:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Hey, a 550 million year-old worm is life!
And a human with a heartbeat is not.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:26:28 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The internet has driven the world mad.)
To: SaxxonWoods
“...Hey, a 550 million year-old worm is life! And a human with a heartbeat is not...”
One fits the communist agenda and the other does not. Once it’s viewed that way, it makes it easier to understand.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:29:11 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: trisham
To: lgjhn23
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:35:54 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:40:20 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: mumblypeg
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:42:36 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:43:13 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: BenLurkin
Okay, I was expecting Biden. I like RBG better.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:47:21 PM PDT
by
ransomnote
(IN GOD WE TRUST)
To: BenLurkin
“think”
They must have a very abstract understanding of the word “think”. Even plants can “think”, in the sense that they vary their behavior depending on an assessment of environmental factors. But that’s not thinking the way we think of it.
To: trisham
I thought the MSM was trying to take Biden out? Now they report he’s making decisions? Wow.
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posted on
09/05/2019 2:49:57 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
To: Equine1952
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09/05/2019 2:51:31 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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