Scientists find oldest known animal sperm in the world

Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-17 13:48:42|Editor: huaxia

CHINA-PALAEONTOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

A drawing shows the representation depicting the mating behavior of ancient ostracods. Chinese paleontologists along with their counterparts from Germany and Britain have discovered the oldest known animal sperm in the world in a piece of amber dating 100 million years ago, according to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Drew by Yang Dinghua of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua)

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