SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 8 submissions in the queue.
SoylentNews
Submission Preview
Scientists Find World's Oldest Sperm in Myanmar Amber
Al Jazeera [aljazeera.com]:
A team of paleontologists has discovered what they believe is the world's oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a tiny crustacean in a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago.
The oldest known examples of fossilised animal sperm were previously a mere 17 million years old, according to the team of experts led by Wang He of the Chinese Academy of Science in Nanjing.
The sperm were found inside an ostracod, a kind of crustacean that has existed for 500 million years and can be found in many oceans today, researchers said in a paper published on Wednesday in the prestigious Royal Society's Proceedings journal.
The specimen was found inside the body of a fertilized female.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
-- Mark Twain
