[Coral-List] half-billion year old sea squirt fossil found

[Douglas Fenner]

Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push back origins of vertebrates,
including humans


https://www.science.org/content/article/half-billion-year-old-sea-squirt-could-push-back-origins-vertebrates-including-humans

A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of the acidiacean body plan

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39012-4

Cheers, Doug

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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Scientists size up human predatory footprint
Humans are the ultimate predators, trapping, hunting, or otherwise
exploiting 15,000 species of vertebrates—300 times more species than
jaguars and 113 times more than great white sharks.
https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-muscular-dystrophy-therapy-lab-grown-chicken-and-humans-toll-wildlife

Animals are dying in droves.  What are they telling us?
https://newrepublic.com/article/172221/animals-dying-sea-lions

Population decline will change the world for better
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/population-decline-will-change-the-world-for-the-better/