
Deep-sea discovery: Ancient coral may have been the first glow-in-the-dark creatures, study finds
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A new study has suggested that the earliest known bioluminescent organism was a type of coral dwelling in the depths of the ocean about half a billion years ago.
"Light signaling is one of the earliest forms of communication that we know of — it’s very important in deep waters," said Andrea Quattrini, a co-author of the study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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