Monday, September 27, 2010
Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1Gyr ago
"The Gabon fossils, occurring after the 2.45–2.32-Gyr increase in atmospheric oxygen concentration10, may be seen as ancient representatives of multicellular life, which expanded so rapidly 1.5 Gyr later, in the Cambrian explosion." Full article @ Nature