2.6.2012
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Scientists have discovered fossils in Namibia that they say are the world’s first animals. The sponge-like fossils dubbed Otavia antiqua were found at Etosha National Park in northern Namibia and at other sites in the southern African country, a team of international researchers said in an article published in the South African Journal of Science. Otavia antiqua is said to be a tiny creature that lived in the world’s earliest oceans, surviving in low-oxygen conditions. (Read more — Namibia fossils, Otavia antiqua, are “world’s first animals,” scientists say) 

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Scientists have discovered fossils in Namibia that they say are the world’s first animals.

The sponge-like fossils dubbed Otavia antiqua were found at Etosha National Park in northern Namibia and at other sites in the southern African country, a team of international researchers said in an article published in the South African Journal of Science.

Otavia antiqua is said to be a tiny creature that lived in the world’s earliest oceans, surviving in low-oxygen conditions.

(Read more — Namibia fossils, Otavia antiqua, are “world’s first animals,” scientists say) 

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