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An Ancient Poop Explosion Could Have Helped Complex Life Evolve


We may owe our very existence to an ancient poop explosion.  If the earliest animals hadn't been such prolific poopers, life might not have diversified into all the weird and wonderful forms we see today.  That's the conclusion reached by a new review study published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

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