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An artist’s reconstruction of a myllokunmingiid with four eyes that helped it see and navigate its ancient world. Image credit: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang.

Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Camera-Type Eyes

Feb 23, 2026 by News Staff

Two species of myllokunmingiid fishes that lived in what is now China around 518 million years ago (Cambrian period) possessed two large lateral eyes...