Deposits in China dating to about 600 million years ago contain carbon compressions of algae and other organisms. The fossils provide a new window into the early evolution of complex multicellular life. See Letter p.390
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Narbonne, G. When life got big. Nature 470, 339–340 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470339a
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