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When life got big

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Deposits in China dating to about 600 million years ago contain carbon compressions of algae and other organisms. The fossils provide a new window into the early evolution of complex multicellular life. See Letter p.390

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Figure 1: Four biological groups that achieved macroscopic size and complex morphology during the Ediacaran.

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  1. Guy M. Narbonne is in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.,

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Narbonne, G. When life got big. Nature 470, 339–340 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470339a

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