A Cambrian zoo

Yunnanozoans and Xidazoon…there are some very pretty early Cambrian critters on display at Sinanthropus.

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When I clicked on your link, the images exploded suddenly onto my screen with no apparent antecedents.

I'd call tech support on that one. (Tell them you're having "poof" problems.)

By "Poof" Daddy 386sx (not verified) on 26 Jul 2006 #permalink

Hm, that site is really slow now. "absence of eyes, notochord, myomeres, or brain." How did nervous systems develop? What are descended from? (Also, I was taught that embryologically eyes are basically an extention of the brain anyway, so isn't that list a little redundant?)