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Field location in Northwest Territories (left) and fragment of modern sponge skeleton (right). Image: E.C. Turner, Laurentian University ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. The remote and unforgiving slopes of Canada's northern McKenzie Mountains contain tiny traces of what may be the earliest animal bodies preserved in the fossil record, reports a new study.