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Thursday 25 September 2014

Bizarre Spherical Fossils Could Be Among World's Earliest Known Animals

Bizarre Spherical Fossils Could Be Among World's Earliest Known Animals

Bizarre Sphere Fossils Could Be Among World's
Earliest Animals by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science
http://www.livescience.com/47985-sphere-fossils-animal-embryos.html

In Images: Strange 600-Year-Old Spherical Fossils
by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, September 24, 2014
http://www.livescience.com/47984-strange-sphere-fossils-photos.html

This fruit-like fossil may have been one of the
world’s first animals by Fiona MacDonald,
Science Alert, September 25, 2014
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20142509-26233.html

The paper is:

Chen, L., S. Xiao, K. Pang, C. Zhou, and X. Yuan,
2014, Cell differentiation and germ–soma separation
in Ediacaran animal embryo-like fossils. Nature.
Published online 24 September 2014
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13766.html

Yours,

Paul H.