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microrobert
08-04-2015, 03:57 AM
Paleontologists Find Earliest Example of Reproduction in Complex Organisms

A new study has found that Ediacaran organisms known as rangeomorphs reproduced by taking a joint approach: they first sent out an ‘advance party’ to settle in a new area, followed by rapid colonization of the new neighborhood.

http://cdn4.sci-news.com/images/2015/08/image_3090_1-Fractofusus.jpg

Rangeomorphs were some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth, and have been considered to be some of the first animals – although it’s difficult for scientists to be entirely sure.

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-fractofusus-rangeomorph-reproduction-03090.html