August 6, 2024 4:47 PM

Fossil study finds how sea level changes shaped early life on Earth

A groundbreaking study from the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new timeline of early animal fossils, suggesting a significant relationship between sea level fluctuations, marine oxygen variations, and the emergence of the earliest ancestors of present-day animals. The research, focusing on the Ediacaran-Cambrian interval (580-510 million years ago), provides fresh insights into the processes driving the development of Earth's earliest creatures. This period, long known for its explosion...