Oldest Complex Organic Molecules Found in Ancient Fossils

Ohio State University geologists have isolated complex organic molecules from 350-million-year-old fossil sea creatures -- the oldest such molecules yet found. The molecules may have functioned as pigments, but the study offers a much bigger finding: an entirely new way to track how species evolved.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news81003112.html">Oldest Complex Organic Molecules Found in Ancient Fossils</a></p> <p>Ohio State University geologists have isolated complex organic molecules from 350-million-year-old fossil sea creatures -- the oldest such molecules yet found. The molecules may have functioned as pigments, but the study offers a much bigger finding: an entirely new way to track how species evolved.</p>