Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

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

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 ...

Cambrian fossils from the Kuanchuanpu Formation reveal details of early nervous system evolution in ecdysozoans ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Described in the journal Current Biology, the study provides the first demonstrable record of an evolutionary arms race in the Cambrian. "Predator-prey interactions are often touted as a major ...

The discovery of Uncus dzaugisi confirms the existence of early Ecdysozoans, supporting the theory that their lineage predates the Cambrian explosion. The team of researchers took extreme care to ...

Khazanah, in partnership with co-founders of Vitrox Corp Bhd and Southern Capital Group, became an anchor investor in the Cambrian Fund which raised RM100mil in its first closing. The Cambrian ...