Weird & Interesting science, take 2

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Scientists open Old Clay loot box, discover SSR microfossils


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For a less flippant description, they identified multicellular proto-animal life that's a billion years old, filling in one of the long questioned gaps in the evolutionary record, namely where the sudden explosion of complex life in the Cambrian Explosion came from. Also includes video of modern counterparts to the microorganisms involved which are interesting on their own as they have both single- and multi-cell stages to their life cycle.