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Exquisite fossil worm from 520 million years ago preserves brain

Cosmos Magazine - Mon 5 Aug 24

A 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 ...

520 Million-Year-Old Larva Fossil Reveals How Insects Evolved

Discover Magazine - Wed 31 Jul 24

A 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 24

Nature, 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 24

Scans 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 24

The 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 24

A 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 24

520-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 24

The 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 24

Youti 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 24

Durham University researchers discovered an extraordinarily detailed 520-million-year-old fossil, Youti yuanshi, revealing significant evolutionary insights into early arthropods’ complex ...