On the origin of feces: how animal poo drove Earth’s greatest evolutionary event
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Animal feces evolution
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- Popular Science·5h agoPoop made life on Earth possible. Yes, poop.
540 million years ago, nutrient-filled feces helped spread complex organisms.
Read at Popular Science → - Independent Science·8h agoHow animal poop may have sparked Earth’s greatest evolutionary event
Our new research suggests the evolution of fecal matter helped fuel one of the most important events in the history of life on Earth: the Cambrian explosion
Read at Independent Science → - The Conversation AU·1d agoOn the origin of feces: how animal poo drove Earth’s greatest evolutionary event
Kimmig & Bicknell / Trends in Ecology & Evolution, CC BY As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin? And what evolutionary and environmental changes accompanied the dawn of dung? Going further, is the evolution of excrement the reason we exist? Our new…
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