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[Judi Lynn]

By Live Science Staff 13 hours ago

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Ancient Social Networking?



Fossil rangeomorphsRangeomorphs dominated the seafloor for millions of years, despite having no mouths, guts or way to move around. Part of their success may have been owed to a "social network" of string-like filaments connecting individual members, a new study suggests. (Image credit: Sarah Collins (Cambridge University))

Rangeomorphs had no mouths, guts, arms, legs or reproductive organs, but an ancient "network" of strings may have helped them dominate the ocean floor anyway. [Read more about the connections.]

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[Karadeniz]

1. I don't see how this social network saved them when there was basically nothing to them!