SEX, MOVEMENT AND A 567-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEAFLOOR

Dickinsonia, Kimberella, and FunisiaLong before teeth began biting, shells began clattering, or trilobites developed the audacity to scuttle fashionably across the seafloor, something was stirring in the ancient waters of northern Canada.It was soft. It was strange. In some cases, it looked rather like a quilted bathmat.And according to a remarkable collection of fossils announced in 2026, it was