Rods and cones preserved in ancient fossilized fish eye

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Brooks HaysKUMAMOTO, Japan, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A fish fossil suggest rods and cones, the two main components of modern vision, have been around for more than 520 million years.

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