Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

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However, as research progressed, it became evident that this ancient giant did not fit neatly into any known category of life. The scientific community has long debated whether Prototaxites was an ...

A group of researchers supported by FAPESP has confirmed the identity of the first lichens to inhabit Earth, Spongiophyton, around 410 million years ...

Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science ...