Paleontologists have uncovered the fossil remains of a 3-inch-long extinct arthropod in Yunnan Province, China, dating from the Cambrian period. What makes it particularly special is the fact that it provides an unusual example of preservation of the brain and nervous system, atypical for fossil records this old, but most interestingly it suggests that complex [...]Fossil find of 520 million year-old arthropod might be the missing link in insects evolution is a post from ZME Science. © ZME Science - All Rights Reserved. Thank you for being a subscriber, Download your very own FREE copy of our recently released e-book "Our Incredible World, Like You've Never Seen It Before".
Spineless critter had oldest complex brain
ANCIENT SMARTS: A 520-million-year-old fossil has yielded evidence that complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, say scientists.
12 hours ago from ABC Science
This brain is half a billion years old
The oldest brain ever found in an arthropod ? a group of invertebrates that includes insects and crustaceans ? is surprisingly complex for its 520-million-year age.
2 hours ago from FOXNews
Complex brains much older than thought
Complex brains evolved much earlier than previously believed, the discovery of a 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod has shown. read more
7 hours ago from TG Daily
Fossil shows early complex brain
TUCSON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A 520 million-year-old fossil shows complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought with little change anatomically since then, U.S. scientists say. ...
15 hours ago from UPI
Source: http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster232781760/
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