Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests

October 2, 2026 · 6:00 pm 1 sources

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• Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests
  Phys.org · October 2, 2026 18:00
  The earliest animals may have evolved hundreds of millions of years before their first unmistakable fossils appear in the fossil record, according to a new study led by the University of Oxford. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest animals may have originated deep in the…