Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.

We tend to think that evolution only goes in one direction— toward getting bigger and more advanced. But that’s not always the case. This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, (yes, animal!) evolved from something bigger and more complex.

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