8 days ago
Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 8 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Researchers may have uncovered the reason why some of Earth's earliest animals were commonly preserved as fossils—even though they were essentially fragile "bags of goo"—while later soft-bodied creatures have largely disappeared from the fossil record.
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Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record
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