Meet Otavia antiqua, Possibly the Ancestor of All Animals

It looks like an insignificant s...  ...it could be the ancestor of us all. Meet Otavia antiqua , a microscopic, sponge-like African fossil...  ...iest known animal: The creature, Otavia antiqua , was found in 760-million-year-old ro...  ...gest. As possibly the firs...

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