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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Shrimps and worms ‘were among first to recover after largest mass extinction’

PA Wire

Shrimps and worms were among the first animals to recover after the largest mass extinction, a new study suggests.

Researchers studying ancient seabed burrows and trails discovered that bottom burrowing animals were some of the first to bounce back after the end-Permian mass extinction – around 252 million years ago.

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