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origin of compound eyes deeper down the arthropod stem lineage

evolved before such features as a hardened exoskeleton

processing of visual information would have required

sophisticated nektonic predators with acute vision

brain to be of comparable complexity to

modern) arthropods

within Cambrian communities would have placed considerable selective pressures on prey that would have influenced the ‘arms race’ that began during this important phase in early animal evolution

sophisticated

Nature International