Exquisite fossil worm from 520 million years ago preserves brain
Cosmos Magazine - Mon 5 Aug 24A fossil of a larva which lived more than half a billion years ago might shed light on the earliest ancestors of modern insects, spiders, crabs and centipedes. Named Youti yuanshi, the fossil ...
‘Jaw-dropping’: Scientists find intact brain of 520 million-year-old worm fossil
Interesting Engineering - Thu 1 Aug 24 New Worm Fossil Fills in History of Insect Evolution, Technology Networks - Thu 1 Aug 24520-Million-Year-Old Worm Fossil Unlocks Evolution Mystery, Mirage News - Wed 31 Jul 24
520 Million-Year-Old Larva Fossil Reveals How Insects Evolved
Discover Magazine - Wed 31 Jul 24A Youti yuanshi fossil shows the role fledgling nervous systems played in the evolution of arthropods.
Organ systems of a Cambrian euarthropod larva
Nature News - Wed 31 Jul 24Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07756-8Youti yuanshi is a euarthropod species newly described from a fossilized larva from Yunnan Province, China ...
A 520 million-year-old perfectly preserved creature is set to reveal secrets of evolution
The Independent - Wed 31 Jul 24Scans revealed several internal organs beneath the skin that managed to survive half a billion years
‘My jaw just dropped’: Exceptionally well-preserved tiny worm fossil uncovered
The Independent - Wed 31 Jul 24The 520-million-year-old creature is helping shed light on how modern insects, spiders and crabs evolved.
520-million-year-old worm fossil solves mystery of how modern insects, spiders and crabs evolved
Phys.org - Wed 31 Jul 24A new study led by researchers at Durham University have uncovered an incredibly rare and detailed fossil, named Youti yuanshi, that gives a peek inside one of the earliest ancestors of modern ...
520-million-year-old worm fossil solves mystery of how modern insects, spiders and crabs evolved, Eurekalert - Wed 31 Jul 24520-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Larva Found With Preserved Brain And Guts
ScienceAlert - Thu 1 Aug 24"My jaw just dropped."
'My jaw just dropped': 500 million-year-old larva fossil found with brain preserved
Livescience - Wed 31 Jul 24The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period. ...
Well-Preserved Worm Larva Fossil from Cambrian Period Found in China
Sci.News - Mon 5 Aug 24Youti yuanshi fills an important gap in our understanding of how the arthropod body plan originated and became so successful during the Cambrian explosion. The post Well-Preserved Worm Larva ...
Incredibly Rare 520-Million-Year-Old Worm Fossil Solves Ancient Evolutionary Mystery
SciTechDaily - Fri 2 Aug 24Durham University researchers discovered an extraordinarily detailed 520-million-year-old fossil, Youti yuanshi, revealing significant evolutionary insights into early arthropods’ complex ...