Comments on: Fossils Push Back Earliest Complex Animals 40 Million Years

By: Burntbroccoli

Burntbroccoli — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:28:31 +0000

I myself am very much like a living quilt or mattress.

Why do scientists say things like “It was only during the Cambrian that animals developed…” it just jarrs my ears so badly, I’ve heard them do it with ‘jurassic’ as well. It always feels like they should append “era” or “age”. I’m sure they used to. If an age was called Smith, and they said “it was only during the Smith that animals…” that would be so wrong, surely.
I’m probably wrong though.

By: Ms G

Ms G — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:30:27 +0000

Why didn’t they put some figure legends in there?

That’s where we came from then huh? In a way. And even that is already a highly complex form.

By: Tash

Tash — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:05:45 +0000

Picture A looks like a close up ofa fossilised fly.

By: criss

criss — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:02:56 +0000

@MarkEMarkEMark: Your brain is a 40 million yr old rock that once resembled some form of life?

It looks like a malteser with the chocolate bitten off.

By: JayKay

JayKay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:25 +0000

A broccoli scan.

By: MarkEMarkEMark

MarkEMarkEMark — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:36:45 +0000

You posted a picture of a brain scan by mistake.