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Oldest animals on Earth found to share a common wormlike ancestor
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What we know
New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on the evolution of an important yet thus far poorly understood group of marine invertebrate animals—brachiopods. The work, published in Science Advances, presents the first comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of all five extant brachiopod orders and related lineages.
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Oldest animals on Earth found to share a common wormlike ancestor
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