520-million-year-old fossilized nervous system is most detailed example yet found

520-million-year-old fossilized nervous system is most detailed example yet found Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2016 - Researchers have found one of the oldest and most detailed fossils of the central nervous system yet identified, from a crustacean-like animal that lived more than 500 million years ago. The fossil, from southern China, has been so well preserved that individual nerves are visible, the first time this level of detail has been observed in a fossil of this age. The findings, published in the ... more

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