Early Cambrian fossils reveal how a small, shelled animal evolved to deal with attacks from a predator. The finds confirm a popular hypothesis, until now lacking in clear evidence, about what ...

That would be the human equivalent of what one single-celled predator can do - and now the long-standing mystery of how it can extend its "neck" more than 30 times the length of its "body" has ...

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Described in the journal Current Biology, the study provides the first demonstrable record of an evolutionary arms race in the Cambrian. "Predator-prey interactions are often touted as a major ...

Scale bars represent 200 micrometers. Credit: R. Bicknell, et al (2025) Current Biology Hundreds of perforated Cambrian shells reveal distinctive predator-prey dynamics in the ocean 517 million years ...

The study was published in the journal Current Biology. Russell D.C. Bicknell et al. Adaptive responses in Cambrian predator and prey highlight the arms race during the rise of animals. Current ...