In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Researchers report the first evidence that trace fossils interpreted by some as the tracks of ancient bilaterians could have instead been made by giant deep-sea protists. Advanced Search Home ...

Amoeba tracks trump trace fossils? Trails left by giant, rolling protists shed new light on a longstanding debate among paleontologists. Bob Grant. Bob Grant. From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor ...

Discovery Of Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist Provides New Perspective On Animal Evolution Date: November 21, 2008 ... because similar fossil grooves and furrows found from the Precambrian era, ...

Microscopic 570-million-year-old fossils from China may represent the earliest evidence for animal life on Earth, ... Protists include bacteria, algae, diatoms and fungi.

Ancient Protist May Hold Clues to Evolution of ... This discovery could also shed new light on a long-standing scientific ...

The fossil record first met Prototaxites in 1843, buried in ancient rocks that hinted at some enormous tree. Due to its vast size — up to 26 feet tall and 3 feet wide — it was first mistaken ...

Lacrymaria olor, a single-celled protist, can extend its neck up to 30 times its body length.These before-and-after images show how microtubules curve around the organism’s body to create curved ...

Dickinsonia, seen here as a fossil, is Earth’s oldest confirmed animal. It was first discovered 75 years ago, with researchers arguing over whether it was an animal, a type of fungi or a giant ...

This Enigmatic Blob Was One of Earth's Earliest Animals. The strange life-form has long perplexed scientists. So a team of researchers used modern analyses to take a fresh look at its ancient remains.

image: The giant deep sea protist, Gromia sphaerica, ... Fossil traces are the most accepted evidence of the existence of these proto-animals.