University Of Alberta Scientists

Shallow Sea Dept: EDMONTON - A faint skittering of tracks preserved in the fossilized sediment of an ancient shallow sea has prompted University of Alberta scientists to push back the date of the first self-propelled animal, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But it crawled around looking for tasty algae some 585 million years ago 30 million years earlier than any previously known animal was able to move on its own and this 2011 handout photo shows fossilized tracks of world's oldest mobile animal. A faint skittering of tracks preserved in the fossilized sediment of an ancient shallow sea has prompted University of Alberta scientists to push back the date of the first self-propelled animal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ernesto Pecoits The creature wasn't much, says their paper published Thursday in the prestigious journal Science. No more than a slug-like little beastie about the size of a rice grain. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.