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Geologists May Have Discovered Earth’s First Animals

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

The first animals to inhabit the Earth may have been sea sponges, a new study by geochemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has suggested.
In their work, the researchers linked so-called ‘chemical fossils’ found in ancient rocks… [2697 chars]

Source: Newsweek | Published: 2025-10-01T10:24:09Z

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