An effect image of the earliest known host-parasite relationship on the earth. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Scientists in China have unearthed fossil evidence of a 512 million-year-old worm-like creature that restricted the growth of marine invertebrates by feeding off their meals, providing the earliest known evidence of a host-parasite relationship.
An effect image of the earliest known host-parasite relationship on the earth. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Scientists in China have unearthed fossil evidence of a 512 million-year-old worm-like creature that restricted the growth of marine invertebrates by feeding off their meals, providing the earliest known evidence of a host-parasite relationship.
Markings from a tube-shaped parasite are visible on a fossilized shell. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Scientists in China have unearthed fossil evidence of a 512 million-year-old worm-like creature that restricted the growth of marine invertebrates by feeding off their meals, providing the earliest known evidence of a host-parasite relationship.
