The study of Cambrian arthropods offers a fascinating glimpse into the early evolution of one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals on Earth. The Cambrian period, known for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The analysis confirmed that Lomankus is indeed a member of the leanchoiliid arthropods, a group known primarily from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...