Tag: Animal origins
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Sponge vs Comb Jelly: First Animal Debate Ongoing
Introduction: A Heated Question at the Origin of Animals The long-running question of which organisms form the root of the animal tree of life has a new twist. In recent weeks, biologists have revisited the debate between sponges and comb jellies as potential early lineages that shape how we understand animal evolution. While two years…
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Sponge vs. Comb Jelly: The Ongoing First Animal Debate Rocks Evolutionary Biology
Intro: A heated debate about the earliest animal lineages Biologists who study the deep roots of the animal family tree are once again at the center of a scientific controversy. A recent UC-based study has reached conclusions that oppose a study published just two years earlier, rekindling the long-standing debate over which organisms truly rooted…