Meet mankind's earliest ancestor: Humans evolved from creature with big mouth and no anus
THIS wriggling creature with a large mouth and apparently no anus is believed to be what mankind evolved from.
By Stuart Winter
16:32, Mon, Jan 30, 2017 | UPDATED: 16:33, Mon, Jan 30, 2017
This incredible Alien-like life form is believed to be the creature than mankind evolved from, according to scientists – although it took a process of 540 million years.
The microscopic marine organism known as saccorhytus is likely to be the earliest example of a group of animals that shaped life on Earth.
Cambridge University experts believe the creature, which measured a mere millimeter in length, is the most basic type of deuterostome, the name given to a broad range of living organisms that include starfish, sea urchins, acorn worms and all vertebrates.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/760639/Humanity-evolved-wriggling-creature-no-mouth-anus-Saccorhytus