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Wiggly’ fossils found in Canada may be oldest known sign of animal life

Intricate patterns of tubular structures discovered in giant ancient reefs may be the remnants of prehistoric horny sponges and the oldest known fossils of animal life on Earth.
Incredible Fossil Discovery Shows Ancient Animal Brain From 310 Million Years Ago

Charles Darwin famously discussed the “imperfections” of the geological record in his book On The Origin of Species. He correctly pointed out that unless conditions are just right, it’s unlikely for organisms to be preserved as fossils, even those with bones and shells.
Light from behind a black hole spotted for 1st time, proving Einstein right

Astronomers have detected light coming from behind a black hole for the first time, proving Albert Einstein right, yet again.
Bronze Age cemetery reveals history of a high-status woman and her twins

Ancient urn graves contain a wealth of information about a high-ranking woman and her Bronze Age Vatya community, according to a study published July 28, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Claudio Cavazzuti from the University of Bologna, Italy, and Durham University, UK, and colleagues.
Iceland Is The Tip of a Lost, Sunken Continent, Wild New Theory Suggests

Iceland may be the last exposed remnant of a nearly Texas-size continent – called Icelandia – that sank beneath the North Atlantic Ocean about 10 million years ago, according to a new theory proposed by an international team of geophysicists and geologists.