Head start: fossil clues about how bodies evolved from two-fold to five-fold symmetry

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02818-x
How the five-fold symmetrical bodies of starfish and other echinoderms evolved is a mystery. New evidence fills in a key piece of the puzzle.
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