Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils

Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils
• Research published in the Journal of the Geological Society has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils of complex multicellular life in the world. Helping to track a pivotal moment in the history of Earth when the seas began teeming with new lifeforms - after four billion years of containing only single-celled microbes
• Lead author PhD student Anthony Clarke, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within ‪@curtinuniversity‬ School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said to determine the age of the fossils, researchers used volcanic ash layers like bookmarks in the geological sequence.
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