A treasure trove of fossils rewrites the story of early life

quantamagazine.org

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worldvoyageur

3 days ago


6 comments

wewewedxfgdf 2 hours ago

The Cambrian period has to be the most interesting period in Earth's history.

A close second is the period where the monkeys started wearing clothes, driving cars and programming computers.

  • greenbit an hour ago

    Or maybe just before that, when they started wearing digital watches.

  • nntwozz 2 hours ago

    We're apes, friend.

    • thejohnconway 2 hours ago

      Apes are a subset of monkeys.

      • ourmandave an hour ago
        2 more

        Primates.

        • metalman an hour ago

          Primeats, from many perspectives.