USask, international researchers find modern animal life could have origins in delta - USask News

The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, suggests new research published in Nature Communications by an international team including University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers.

The Cambrian Explosion, more than 500 million years ago, saw the rapid spread of bilaterian species – symmetrical along a central line, like most of today's animals, including humans. The 518-millio… [+4106 chars]

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