University of Michigan: 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves The Earliest Fossilized Brain Of A Backboned Animal
February 02, 2023
February 02, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2023:
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.
The brain and its cranial nerves are roughly an inch long and belong to an extinct bluegill-size fish. The discovery opens a window into the neural anatomy and ea . . .
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.
The brain and its cranial nerves are roughly an inch long and belong to an extinct bluegill-size fish. The discovery opens a window into the neural anatomy and ea . . .