We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved

  • Written by: Kate Trinajstic, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved

In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you’ll find one of the world’s best-preserved ancient reef complexes.

Here lie the remnants of myriad prehistoric marine animals, including placoderms, a prehistoric class of fish that represents some of our earliest jawed...

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