A newly discovered trove of fossils in southwestern China is shifting the timeline of when complex animals evolved.

Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...

Among the fossil finds were bilateral worm-like animals that may have anchored themselves to the seafloor, early comb jellies ...

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today's animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ...

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonised almost all environments on Earth – from hostile ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a ...

The discovery of a new fossil site in China has revealed exceptionally well-preserved specimens from the Ediacaran Period.