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Misunderstood worm-like fossil finds its place in the Tree of Life
The animal, known as Hallucigenia due to its otherworldly appearance, had been considered an ‘evolutionary misfit’ as it was not clear how it related to modern animal groups. Researchers from the...
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Compiling a ‘dentist’s handbook’ for penis worms
It sounds like something out of a horror movie: a penis-shaped worm which was able to turn its mouth inside out and drag itself around by its tooth-lined throat, which resembled a cheese grater. But a...
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Newly-discovered ‘ring of teeth’ helps determine what common ancestor of...
A new study of an otherworldly creature from half a billion years ago – a worm-like animal with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail – has definitively identified its head for...
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“A load of old rot”: fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified
A fossil dating from 440 million years ago is not only the oldest example of a fossilised fungus, but is also the oldest fossil of any land-dwelling organism yet found. The organism, and others like...
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