Scientists find first sexually active species

Scientists believe a rope-like organism that lived on the seabed up to 570 million years ago was the first creature on earth to have sex.

Scientists believe a rope-like organism that lived on the seabed up to 570 million years ago was the first creature on earth to have sex.

Researchers studying ancient fossils think a peculiar animal called Funisia dorothea was sexually active 30 million years before any other.

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