Sunday, 24 August 2014

New home for an 'evolutionary misfit'

EARLY EARTH
New home for an 'evolutionary misfit'
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 - One of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever found - a worm-like creature with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail - has found its place in the evolutionary Tree of Life, definitively linking it with a group of modern animals for the first time. The animal, known as Hallucigenia due to its otherworldly appearance, had been considered an 'evolutionary misfit' as i ... more


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