‘Angry minion’ with no anus not related to humans after all, scientists conclude

New research rules out theory that 535m-year-old Saccorhytus coronarius fossil is our earliest known ancestor

One less relative to be embarrassed about - scientists have ruled out the possibility that a 535m-year-old microscopic fossil that looks like an angry minion" is our earliest known ancestor.

Previous research had suggested that Saccorhytus coronarius, a tiny sack-like creature, was an early member of a large group of animals called the deuterostomes, which vertebrates - including humans - belong to.