KUNMING -- Chinese scientists have discovered well-preserved multicellular animal fossils in Ediacaran strata of eastern Yunnan, indicating that complex animal communities existed in oceans long ...

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

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

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth’s primordial seas millions of years earlier than previously known, with an array of forms including ...

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 ...

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

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

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

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

The most striking finds were fossils thought to be the oldest known deuterostomes — the broad biological group that includes ...

A fossil assemblage from China’s Yunnan province suggests animal life diversified in the Ediacaran Period earlier than ...

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth ...