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Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago - EurekAlert


<p>Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the Smithsonian&rsquo;s National Museum of Natural History.</p>

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