Scientists Have Found the First Branch on the Tree of Life
In chapter two, we trace the beginnings of the Animal Kingdom in a Tree of Life. Almost all animals on earth derive from a single branch of that tree--except a few, including comb jelly and sponges. Now researchers have concluded that comb jelly was split off from the main branch of the Animal Kingdom first--700-800 million years ago. Here's the story: https://www.science.org/content/article/comb-jelly-ancestor-may-have-been-first-animal-branch-tree-life , and here's the research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05936-6.
Recent Posts
See AllWe start off the book and our story with the sudden explosion of our universe into existence known as the big bang. In the next...
In chapter two we discuss how seemingly unrelated species-ants, frongs, crickets-and firelies have an unusual ability to synchronize...
A new Vox article reports that as the new James Webb Space Telescope allows astronomers to look further and further back in time, almost...
Comments