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A hiker in western Turkey discovered a starfish fossil believed to be 100 million years old, revealing that mountains in the region once sat beneath an ancient sea. The find offers a stunning window into Earth's constantly shifting landscapes.
Wrinkled patterns in 180-million-year-old Moroccan rocks reveal microbes survived in total darkness where sunlight-loving organisms should never exist. The discovery rewrites what we know about life in Earth's ancient oceans.
Ancient ocean chemistry, not tough bodies, preserved Earth's strangest soft-bodied creatures in stunning detail. The discovery reveals how complex life emerged before animals took over the planet.
Scientists cracked the puzzle of how delicate, soft-bodied creatures from 570 million years ago survived as fossils in sandstone where preservation should be impossible. Ancient ocean chemistry created natural clay "cement" that locked their shapes into rock, revealing a crucial chapter in how complex life emerged on Earth.