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University of Arizona: 525-Million-Year-Old Fossil Defies Textbook Explanation For Brain Evolution
November 25, 2022
TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2022:

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According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom.

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Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science text . . .

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