Kenny Chaffin April 17, 2023 10:15am "At least one innovation that led to the current structure of vertebrate eyes did not occur from stepwise "tinkering" with genes that exist in other animals, but came from introduction of novel DNA from bacteria by horizontal gene transfer," https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-finally-know-how-our-eyesight-evolved-and-its-not-from-our-branch-of-life #science #vision #genetics #dna We May Finally Know How Our Eyesight Evolved, And It's Not From Our Branch of Life The evolution of the human eye has long been considered one of biology's more challenging mysteries, drawing debate over the sequence of steps required to turn rudimentary sensitivity to light into a complex photographic system. New research...