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300 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Likely Had Color Vision

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-it-with dept.

westlake writes Nature is reporting the discovery of mineralized rods and cones in a 300-million-year-old fossil fish found in Kansas. The soft tissues of the eye and brain decay rapidly after death, within 64 days and 11 days, respectively, and are almost never preserved in the fossil record — making this the first discovery of fossil rods and cones in general and the first evidence for color vision in a fossilized vertebrate eye.

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  1. sorry the dates are wrong .... by thephydes · · Score: 1, Troll

    God created the earth and its inhabitants - and therefore rods and cones - somewhere less than 10 000 years ago. Please, please keep this unscientific tripe off Slashdot - after all, all who post here are rational thinkers .... aren't we?

    1. Re:sorry the dates are wrong .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      God created the earth and its inhabitants - and therefore rods and cones - somewhere less than 10 000 years ago. Please, please keep this unscientific tripe off Slashdot - after all, all who post here are rational thinkers .... aren't we?

      Score:5, Truth