The First Animal on Earth Is Finally Found

Ever wonder what the very first animal on Earth was? 🐾 Scientists believe they’ve finally figured it out, and it’s not what you’d expect! It wasn’t a dinosaur or a giant sea creature—it was a simple, jelly-like organism called a comb jelly. 🌊 These tiny, shimmering creatures existed over 500 million years ago and paved the way for all animals today. What’s mind-blowing is how their simple bodies and nervous systems can still teach us about evolution. 🧬✨
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Life in the Ediacaran sea: By Ryan Somma, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Life_in_the_Ediacaran_sea.jpg
Zeedruif met razendsnel trillende Ripplaatjes: By Peter van Rodijnen, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zeedruif_met_razendsnel_trillende_ribplaatjes-4931687.webm
Pleurobrachia pileus (Sea gooseberry), Kijkduin, The Netherlands: By Bj.schoenmakers, CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleurobrachia_pileus_(Sea_gooseberry),_Kijkduin,_The_Netherlands.jpg
Scientists use infrared microspectrometer 20221206: By OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University), CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scientists_use_infrared_microspectrometer_20221206.jpg
Scolionema sanshin: By Toshino, CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scolionema_sanshin_(10.11646-zootaxa.4344.2.4)_Figure_5.png
CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ :
Lampocteis cruentiventer — MBA: By Eric Polk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lampocteis_cruentiventer_-_MBA.webm
Sea Gooseberry: By Sgerbic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Gooseberry.webm
Hormiphora californiensis: By Julius Senegal, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hormiphora_californiensis.jpg
Northern Comb Jelly (Agurkkammanet) (Beroe cucumis) – Senja, Norway 2023-07-10 (01): By Ryan Hodnett, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Comb_Jelly_(Agurkkammanet)_(Beroe_cucumis)_-_Senja,_Norway_2023-07-10_(01).jpg
Lobed comb jelly swimming – MBA: By Eric Polk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobed_comb_jelly_swimming_-_MBA.webm
Hormiphora californiensis: By Julius Senegal, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hormiphora_californiensis_video.webm
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