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Complex Organisms First Appeared 2.1 Billion Years Ago, Paleontologists Say


paleontologists from Cardiff University, the Université de Toulouse, the Université de Poitiers and China Nonferrous Metals (Guilin) Geology and Mining Co. Ltd discovered evidence of an ancient ecosystem in the 2.1-billion-year-old Franceville basin near Gabon on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa over earlier.

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