[Rockhounds] Trilobites Exhibit Complex Social Behavior 480 Million Years Ago

[Tim Fisher]

Yeah that's a good one. Saw it last week.

Tim Fisher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 6:40 PM
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Subject: [Rockhounds] Trilobites Exhibit Complex Social Behavior 480 Million
Years Ago

Trilobite Fossils Show Conga Line Frozen for 480 Million Years The orderly
collection of ancient arthropods suggests that complex social behavior goes
way back in the history of life on Earth.
New York Times, Trilobites, By Becky Ferreira, Oct. 17, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/science/trilobites-fossils-marching.html

The open access paper is:

Jean Vannier, Muriel Vidal, Robin Marchant, Khadija El Hariri, Khaoula
Kouraiss, Bernard Pittet, Abderrazak El Albani, Arnaud Mazurier & Emmanuel
Martin, 2019, Collective behaviour in 480-million-year-old trilobite
arthropods from Morocco. Scientific Reports volume 9, Article
number: 14941
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51012-3

Yours,

Paul H.


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