Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal

Researchers have discovered myllokunmingids with four eyes on their heads. The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.

The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.