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Spectacular fossil treasure trove pushes back origins of complex

11+ hour, 56+ min ago  (335+ words) For the first time, we demonstrate that many complex animals, normally only found in the Cambrian, were present in the Ediacaran period, meaning that they evolved much earlier than previously demonstrated by fossil evidence. Lead author Dr Gaorong Li (Museum…...