Big
clawed fossil had spider-like brain
By Melissa Hogenboom Science reporter, BBC News
Scientists have discovered the best-preserved nervous
system in an ancient fossil. Dating back 520 million years, the clawed
spider-like fossil shows clear evidence of a brain and of nerve cords running
through the creature's trunk. The specimen now confirms that the ancestors of
spiders and scorpions were related, but branched off more than half-a-billion
years ago.
Read rest see pics here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24550167
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