Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks

June 4, 2026

Sea-floor trails left by animals more than half a billion years ago could be the earliest evidence of the evolution of vision¹.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01762-8