Weird Fossils Show Ancient Organism Reproducing 32
ananyo writes "Strange fossils from Doushantuo in China, have turned out to be 570-million-year-old snapshots of an organism caught in the act of reproducing. Researchers have used three-dimensional X-ray scanning techniques to see that the fossils contain nuclei-like structures — and one even has the dumb-bell shape of a modern nucleus about to replicate. The fossils have divided palaeontologists for over a decade. It now seems likely they are fossils of creatures similar to modern single-celled microorganisms called mesomycetozoeans that are neither animals nor bacteria."
CP? (Score:5, Funny)
snapshots of an organism caught in the act of reproducing.
So its half a billion year old kiddie pr0n. nsfw. its a trap. I'm not clicking that link, not my thing at all. I remember when /. was more wholesome and family oriented and you just had to worry about goatse links.
XXX (Score:5, Funny)
Whew, the .xxx TLD was made available just in time. Now we can register 570millionyearoldporn.xxx
Divided? (Score:5, Funny)
The fossils have divided palaeontologists for over a decade
I see what you did there.
Re:Be careful (Score:3, Funny)
If your erection lasts longer then 4 million years please call a physician?