The Paleozoic era's Silurian period saw animals and plants finally emerge on land. But first there was a period of biological regrouping following the disastrous climax to the Ordovician.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Toulouse has revealed a fascinating insight into the origins of life on ...

In fact, neither land plants nor terrestrial animals would exist ... Fungi were some of the first complex life forms on land, mining rocks for mineral nourishment, slowly turning them into what ...