A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this feature has been seen so early in the fossil record ...

Metaspriggina lived in the Rocky Mountains when life was exploding in new directions. It swam in a world then dominated by small, strange looking creatures You can save this article by registering for ...

John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council. It looked more like the worm on an angler’s hook than any living fish we might recognise today but it still takes the record for the ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Exceptionally well-preserved fossils of one of the most primitive fishes have been discovered in ...

Once upon a time, weird fish ruled the world. The oceans teemed with primitive vertebrates that lacked eyes, ears, and even fins. Fish ate by sucking up water and debris from the ocean floor, ...

A stunningly preserved, soft-bodied fish that is more than 500 million years old could be the ancestor of almost all living vertebrates. The fossilized fish, called Metaspriggina, sports ...

Metaspriggina lived in the Rocky Mountains when life was exploding in new directions. It swam in a world then dominated by small, strange looking creatures This advertisement has not loaded yet, but ...

This is certainly not just another fish tale. A tiny jawless fish that lived more than half a billion years ago is providing scientists with a treasure trove of information about the very dawn of ...

image: Left: This is an illustration of Metaspriggina swimming. Drawing by: Marianne Collins. © Conway Morris and Caron. Right: This is a fossil of Metaspriggina ...

A stunningly preserved, soft-bodied fish that is more than 500 million years old could be the ancestor of almost all living vertebrates. The fossilized fish, called Metaspriggina, sports ...