European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Science a owl sponges trilobites and arthropods among others from 570 million years ago live again in this National geographic illustration. Ranneft Al a Anda Ruon worm were fast movers Donald Frederick National geographic society arc soft bodied fossils found at a Hilly site in China arc so similar to some fossils found in a Quarry High in the Canadian Rockies that scientists now believe the creatures ancestors of most modern animals spread across the Earth in an incredibly Short period of time. The rare soft bodied fossils found near Kunming in China a Yunnan province a among them Worms jellyfish like creatures and Large sponges a Are 570 million years old the oldest Ever found on Earth. R. A. Most of the 60 to 70 animal species uncovered closely resemble the 530 million year old fossils found in 1909 in the Burgess shale a Quarry High in the Canadian Rockies. Quot this implies that Complex life forms had taken Root Over vast distances in just 40 million years a Mere Nyji nuts or two in the geologic time scale a  Bergstrom a palc zoologist with the swedish music unto natural history in Stockholm. A a v v v  shale created a sensation by yielding the first glimpse of the strange animals that roamed the seas during the cambrian period �?T570 million to 500 million years ago. Like the chinese site at was once part of a sea floor. Trilobites and other arthropods abound at both Sites. Most had jointed limbs and segmented body coverings. Many were protected by Shell like structures. A several of the chinese creatures with Long tails look like  arthropods descendants include crustaceans insects and spiders. Filo bikes have Long been extinct. Before the cambrian period most life forms consisted of bacteria single cell  soft bodied Worms that lived in the sea Kaiui lacked the rigid supporting skeletons and protective shells characteristic of a More advanced animals. The chinese fossils offer a glimpse into a primeval animal world. The animals in China once lived on the sea Bottom or just below or above it along a Broad Continental shelf beneath comparatively shallow. Waters. A a o a a some of the Cani Brian creatures coi Iki easily have played a role in a science fiction thriller. One of the most bizarre fossils was a worm like animal with 10 pairs of legs and a body covered with tentacles and protected by rounded Seg minted plates. A creature distantly related to the jellyfish carried a Large disk with concentric air. Chambers divided into nume Rous partitions. The Boss of the Bottom was a fierce predator known As Anonia Learis a 2 foot Long plated carnivore it had Large segmented spiny arms and a round Mouth encircled  some of the gentler creatures such As sponges and brachiopods survive today. Sponges came in Many shapes and sizes Din ing the cambrian. Some were Flat others were shaped like a Corkscrew or spindle the tallest. Stood almost 2 feet above the sea  questions do the ears and nose continue to grow All your life a Quot no they done to said or. Berish Strauch chairman of the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Montifiore medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Ears reach full growth fairly Early he said. By the time a person is about 7 years old he said the cars have reached most of their adult size. The nose continues to change shape throughout life a often sagging with age but the most rapid changes come around puberty when it reaches most of its adult size. A can disease germs Lurk on Telephone receivers what about coins and Bills. A Quot yes germs do live on phone receivers a said or. Michael Giordano a. Specialist in infectious diseases at new York 1 Hospital Cornell medical Center in Manhattan. Virus and bacteria thrive in tiny water. Droplets like the traces of saliva that an a enthusiastic caller might leave behind on a phone Giordano explained. A there is actually More to worry about with a Telephone than with Cash Giordano added. Most viruses and bacteria die when the moisture disappears usually Affer  two hours he said and people do not usually Pul Money in their Mouths. Muir ers Are invited to submit questions about science to questions. Science times. The new York times 229 West 43rd Street. New York n y 10036. Questions of general interest Are answered in this column but requests Tor medical advice cannot lie honoured and unpublished letters cannot be answered individually March 24, 1991 sunday a