How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution

DNA from the humble sea sponge is shedding light on the "dark matter" that makes up much of our genomes.

300-Year-Old Arctic Sea Sponges Survive by Eating Worm Fossils

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The human genome at 20: How biology's most-hyped breakthrough led to anticlimax and arrests

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First animal was likely sea sponge, Earth

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Sponge-like fossil could be Earth's earliest known animal