Scientists just debunked a major piece of evidence for Earth’s first animals: Here’s what those ‘fossils’ really are
4 min readMay 15, 2026 06:08 PM IST Fossils that were previously seen as traces of the earliest forms of tiny animals were actually communities of algae and bacteria, a new study has claimed. Researchers who studied the microfossils in Brazil found they had cellular structures like those found in microorganisms. Earlier studies had suggested…