Ancient brain fossils hint at body evolution of creepy-crawlies
![Odaraia alata](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ticker_oldbrain_tf.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
The fossilized brain of Odaraia alata, an arthropod ancestor found in western Canada’s Burgess Shale, had a hard plate that may have had nerves connecting its eyes and brain.
Jean Bernard Caron/Royal Ontario Museum