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Animal life may be far older than its most ancient fossils – here’s how we uncovered its hidden history

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Animal life may be far older than its most ancient fossils – here’s how we uncovered its hidden history

Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock Ross Anderson, University of Oxford and Orin Lole Durbin, Virginia Tech The question of when…

byRoss Anderson

October 30, 2026