Learn more about a time period marked by an intense burst ... Amos The iconic arthropods of the Cambrian were the trilobites, which left a huge number of fossils. Trilobites had flattened ...

Pioneering research reveals the origins of the ventral nerve cord in early molting animals. An international team of ...

Arthropods were the most diverse animal group in the Cambrian period and the Ordovician period that followed. The 452-million-year-old limestone slab shown here captures an Ordovician menagerie ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

Scientists have discovered the remains of a larva called "Youti yuanshi", which lived during the Cambrian period ...

Anomalocaris is another early arthropod relative with surprising optics ... The evolution of eyes could certainly have triggered an arms race during the Cambrian Period,' says Dr Ma. 'Eyes give you a ...

"Today, there are more species of arthropod than any other group of ... lifestyle to its more ancient relatives in the Cambrian Period. Unlike other megacheirans, Lomankus seems to lack eyes ...

Their findings, published in Science Advances, provide valuable insights into the origins of these structures in the basal Cambrian period ... Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects ...

analysed the fossils from key Cambrian deposits. The fossils included Scalidophora, a subgroup of Ecdysozoa. Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and ...