500-million-year-old fossilized brains of Stanleycaris prompt a rethink of the evolution of insects

Royal Ontario Museum revealed new research based on a cache of fossils that contains the brain and nervous system of a half-billion-year-old marine predator from the Burgess Shale called Stanleycaris. Read more at In this video: Turntable animation of Stanleycaris hirpex, including transparency to show internal organs. Credit: Animation by Sabrina Cappelli, Royal Ontario Museum