The common ancestor of all animals may have resembled a certain absorbent, yellow, porous someone who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Scientists have deciphered the genetic makeup of a sponge, shown here living inside a coral, and have found that these primitive animals are surprisingly complex. Maely Gauthier
The evidence lies in the genes, not the pants.
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