a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system
- Written by John Paterson, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of New England
Javier Ortega-Hernández, Author providedCharles Darwin famously discussed the “imperfections” of the geological record in his book On The Origin of Species. He correctly pointed out that unless conditions are just right, it’s unlikely for organisms to be preserved as fossils, even those with bones and shells.
He also said...
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