Eye evolution: From dark-light to detailed eyesight

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:41 in Biology & Nature

The visual system of marine annelids has been studied to gain insights into the evolution of eyes. The researchers have concluded that the first simple eyes in evolution could probably merely discriminate a bright from a dark field. Such eyes might nonetheless represent the starting point for the evolution of more complex visual systems, as for example the human eyes.

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