化石在中国揭示复杂的动物生活存在于比我们想象的早400万年. Fossils in China reveal complex animal life existed 4 million years earlier than thought.

在中国发现的化石遗址显示,复杂动物生活比以前认为的早至少400万年,使许多动物群体的起源回到埃迪亚卡尔时期. A newly discovered fossil site in China has revealed complex animal life existed at least four million years earlier than previously thought, pushing back the origins of many animal groups to the Ediacaran period. 江川生物群,可追溯到554至5.39亿年前,包含700多个极其完美的化石祖先的海星,虫和其他生物,挑战了剑桥爆炸是动物多样性的唯一起点. The Jiangchuan Biota, dating back 554 to 539 million years, contains over 700 exceptionally preserved fossils of ancestors to starfish, worms, and other creatures, challenging the idea that the Cambrian explosion was the sole starting point for animal diversity.