These familiar marine arthropods first arose about 545 million years ago in the early Cambrian and thrived throughout the world's oceans until they were wiped out in the Permian extinctions about ...

Learn about the wide-ranging Ecdysozoa group of animals and how scientists solved the curious case of their nervous systems' ...

A majority of species in the animal kingdom use mandibles for eating, and this bright idea might’ve originated with the Cambrian arthropod Odaraia alata. A new study led by scientists at the ...

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

Lomankus edgecombei was a small, elongated arthropod measuring around 8-20 millimeters in length, not including its lengthy tail-like telson. What sets it apart from its cousins in the Cambrian ...

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 ...

Discover how a recent fossil study sheds light on the evolution of the ventral nerve cord in ecdysozoan animals and its ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs ... first appeared in the early Cambrian. They represent a crucial lineage for investigating the evolutionary trajectory of the ventral ...