Two decades ago, geologist Elizabeth Turner set out to explore the ancient reefs locked away in the Mackenzie Mountains in Canada — and it seems she may have found an animal fossil dating back 890 million years.
890-million-year-old sponges may be oldest animal fossils
Spheciospongia vesparium from deeper parts of the sediment (sample
890-million-year-old sponge fossil may be the earliest animal yet
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The 890-million-year-old sponge fossil may be the oldest animal