Strange fossils from China hint at early multicellular life
![600 million-year-old multicelled fossil](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MegaclonophycusWithMatryoshka2_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
A 600 million-year-old fossil from China's Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation reveals what was once a multicelled organism growing an ellipsoidal structure within it. The entire fossil is about 0.7 millimeters across.
Lei Chen and Shuhai Xiao