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Eye-opening discovery: 54 million year old fossil flies yield new insight into the evolution of sight

  • Written by Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
Eye-opening discovery: 54 million year old fossil flies yield new insight into the evolution of sightEyes surprise: fossil eyes from a 54 million year old cranefly.Lindgren et al./Nature

Fossilised flies that lived 54 million years ago have revealed a surprising twist to the tale of how insects’ eyes evolved. These craneflies, unveiled in Nature today, show that insect eyes trap light the same way as human eyes, using the pigment melanin...

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