We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
- Written by Kate Trinajstic, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University

In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you’ll find one of the world’s best-preserved ancient reef complexes.
Here lie the remnants of myriad prehistoric marine animals, including placoderms, a prehistoric class of fish that represents some of our earliest jawed...