Why Early Vertebrates Had Four Eyes (And What It Means) Yes. Multiple exceptionally preserved Cambrian fossils indicate that early vertebrates had four eyes: two large lateral eyes and a second, smaller median pair on the top of the head. In these fossils, all four were camera-type organs with pigment and lenses, and the median pair corresponds to the ancestral pineal complex that later became non-visual in most lineages. The new evidence comes from myllokunmingid vertebrates about 518 million years old described in…

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ManyFishes: a big team science collaboration on fish comparative cognition - Animal Cognition Animal Cognition - Fishes are among the oldest and most diverse groups of vertebrates, encompassing a vast array of species that differ in morphology, ecology, and behavior. While such diversity...

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Ancient Fish Jaws Drove Early Vertebrate Evolution

Researchers studied 86 Silurian‑Devonian fish jaws, finding rapid diversification in lobe‑finned fishes—especially lungfishes—while ray‑finned fish changed more slowly. getnews.me/ancient-fish-jaws-drove-... #vertebrateevolution #fossiljaws #paleontology