Fossils may be 'earliest animals' BBC - August 18, 2010
The results suggest that primitive sponge-like creatures lived in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago.
Australia: Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered Live Science - August 18, 2010
Oman: Earliest Animals Were Sea Sponges, Fossils Hint National Geographic - February 5, 2009

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