Bicellum brasieri - a new fossil hints at the origins of animal development

The latest research from the Paleobotany Laboratory at Weston Observatory, A possible billion-year-old Holozoan with differentiated multicellularity, is now on-line in the journal Current Biology. Bicellum Brasieri possess two distinct cell types that are segregated into two distinct tissues, as such, it is the first example of complex multicellularity known from the fossil record. There are now more than a hundred on-line news posts world-wide about this fossil, if you are interested, just enter "Bicellum" in any search engine. Bicellum brasieri even has its own Wikipedia entry. Click here for the Official BC Press Release about the discovery. More information can be found on this local webpage or on the Weston Observatory Paleobotany Laboratory website.