The oldest preserved vertebrate brain has been found in a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish skull that was removed from an English coal mine over a century ago.
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish discovered in an English coal mine more than a century ago has shown the earliest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.
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.
This latest discovery explains a lot about preservation and evolution. Scientists discovered a fossilized fish skull and were able to scan a well-preserved brain inside it, and this is a rare happening in the field of ancient findings.