An exquisitely preserved 600-million-year-old fossil from China has cell types and a shape resembling sponges, thought to be among the first multicellular animals to evolve.
Sponge-like creatures living 750 million years ago identified as ancestors of humans – and all other animals, The Independent
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Ancestor of All Animals: the Sponge?
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