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Comb jellies, not sponges, might be the oldest animal group after all

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An American comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

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Were sponges or comb jellies the first to split from the animal family tree? A new approach at settling this question, which is critical to understanding the evolution of animals, points strongly to comb jellies – but not all…

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