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Sponge-Like Canadian Fossils May Be Earliest Sign of Animal Life
New York Post ^
| July 29, 2021
Posted on 07/29/2021 3:13:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fossils found in rugged mountainous terrain in Canada’s Northwest Territories may give a glimpse at the humble dawn of animal life on Earth – sea sponges that inhabited primordial reefs built by bacteria roughly 890 million years ago.
A Canadian researcher said on Wednesday the fossils, dating to a time called the Neoproterozoic Period, appear to show distinctive microstructures from the body of a sea sponge built similarly to a species living today called the Mediterranean bath sponge, or Spongia officinalis.
If this interpretation is correct, these would be the oldest fossils of animal life by roughly 300 million years.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animallife; canada; fossils; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology; sponge
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In before the Seinfeld jokes.
To: SunkenCiv
To: nickcarraway
There’s one of ‘em living in the White House right now.
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:14:42 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Da Coyote
“There’s one of ‘em living in the White House right now.”
Sponge or fossil?
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:15:35 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: nickcarraway
And now we know where liberals came from.
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:15:42 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: nickcarraway
GOD created them. Adam named them.
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:17:20 PM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
To: Darteaus94025
To: Darteaus94025
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:22:15 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: nickcarraway
Beer sponge fossils?
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:27:25 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: nickcarraway
The creation of global warming...
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:38:05 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: nickcarraway
I have a few questions. Are fossils still being formed today? How long does it take for the plant/animal remains to become fully fossilized? What are the transitional states in between? If fossils are still being formed, are transitional forms being found in upper strata? If they are not being formed currently, why not? What has changed to cause fossilization to cease?
To: Seruzawa
Only nine posts before a Bob and Doug McKenzie reference.
Well done fellow Freeper. Well done indeed; and thank you. ;>
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07/29/2021 3:45:37 PM PDT
by
themidnightskulker
(And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
To: Da Coyote
I think Biden said he use to be a sponge?
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:54:42 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
To: nickcarraway
Wow, even then Canada had its share of sponges.
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:54:57 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe Bigfoot is really Mr Clean.
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:57:14 PM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: Hegemony Cricket
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posted on
07/29/2021 3:58:28 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
To: nickcarraway
. . . or they may be the earliest examples of sponges.
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posted on
07/29/2021 4:09:05 PM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: nickcarraway
Any “Babo” cleaning powder fossils found nearby?
To: nickcarraway
No fair...you posted it.
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posted on
07/29/2021 4:19:51 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Robert Reich’s only cameo appearance.
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posted on
07/29/2021 4:24:06 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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