“Astonishing” 500-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Brains Prompt a Rethink of the Evolution of Insects and Spiders - SciTechDaily

An ancient radiodont predator with three eyes reveals key information about the evolution of the arthropod body plan. New research based on a cache of fossils that contains the brain and nervous system of a half-billion-year-old marine predator from the Burge…

Stanleycaris hirpex. Credit: Sabrina Cappelli © Royal Ontario Museum An ancient radiodont predator with three eyes reveals key information about the evolution of the arthropod body plan. New resear… [+6607 chars]

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