Charnia. (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Charnia.

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Reconstruction of Charnia, a candidate for the first animal fossil from the Ediacaran Period as old as 574 million years ago. Credit: Oxford University Museum of Natural History / Mighty Fossils

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Credit: Oxford University Museum of Natural History / Mighty Fossils

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