Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought

Goblet-shaped sea jelly relatives with miniature “arms.” A plump, legless creature resembling a sausage. Long, wormlike animals tipped with flat “holdfast” discs for anchoring to the seafloor. Newfound fossils from a site in southwestern China, preserved in exquisite detail, offer a peek at a time...

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