BEFORE THE FIRST FOSSILS: THE MISSING CHAPTER OF ANIMAL LIFE

Mongolian Base CampSomewhere in the immense stretch of time before familiar shells, claws and skeletons, our earliest animal ancestors began their evolutionary adventures. Finding out when they appeared is another matter entirely.How do you find the beginning of a story when its opening pages may never have been preserved?A study published in Science Advances on 2 October 2026 brings that