The Age
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Evidence for oldest complex life unearthed in Australian rocks
A Sydney scientist has unearthed critical evidence about the oldest-known complex life forms in the universe, parsed from slabs of Australian mudstone which preserved the bodies of organisms that dwelled in a primordial sea. The microscopic 1.7-billion-year-old creatures are among our oldest ancestors; pioneers which gave rise to all multicellular life from toadstools to velociraptors, humans, bugs, trees and toucans.
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