Ancient arthropod collective
Cosmos Magazine - Thu 17 Oct 19How long ago did organisms start behaving for the common good?
Collective Behavior: A 480-Million-Year-Old Conga Line
Discover Magazine - Thu 17 Oct 19Nearly half a billion years ago, trilobites may have been capable of some kinds of collective behavior associated with modern animals. (Credit: Vannier et al 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51012-3) Chains ...
Trilobites marched across the seabed in single file
The Economist - Thu 17 Oct 19They used long spines to stay in contact
480-million-year-old arthropods formed orderly queues
Phys.org - Thu 17 Oct 19Fossils of ancient arthropods discovered in linear formation may indicate a collective behaviour either in response to environmental cues or as part of seasonal reproductive migration. The findings, ...
Ancient 'cockroaches of the sea' fossilized while playing 'follow the leader'
FOXNews - Mon 21 Oct 19The trilobites go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah … well, at least they did, some 480 million years ago.
Ancient 'Cockroaches of the Sea' Fossilized While Playing 'Follow the Leader', Livescience - Thu 17 Oct 19Arthropod fossils dating back 500million years show the creatures died in an orderly line
Daily Mail - Thu 17 Oct 19Scientists say fossils discovered in linear formation in Morocco may indicate a 'collective behaviour' in response to environmental cues or as part of seasonal reproductive migration.
Trilobites were doing the conga 480 million years ago
UPI - Thu 17 Oct 19Millions of years before "Conga," Gloria Estefan's hit single from the album Primitive Love, primitive arthropods were doing the dance on the bottom of the ocean floor.
‘Collective animal behaviour began half-a-billion years ago’
The Hindu - Sat 19 Oct 19Fossils along the ocean floor reveal the earliest known instance, researchers say
Arthropods formed orderly lines 480 million years ago
ScienceDaily - Thu 17 Oct 19Researchers studied fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites, which lived 480 million years ago and showed that the trilobites had probably been buried in their positions -- all oriented in the ...
Collective behavior 480 million years ago
Eurekalert - Thu 17 Oct 19(CNRS) Researchers studied fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites, which lived 480 million years ago and showed that the trilobites had probably been buried in their positions -- all oriented ...
Paleontology: 480-million-year-old arthropods formed orderly queues
Eurekalert - Thu 17 Oct 19(Scientific Reports) Fossils of ancient arthropods discovered in linear formation may indicate a collective behavior either in response to environmental cues or as part of seasonal reproductive ...