Chinese scholars have discovered a shrimp fossil with a history of more than 521 million years. Scientists are very excited to see this shrimp more than 511 million years ago, because the cause of arthropods has always been a mystery. Now that the shrimp fossil has been discovered, the mystery can be solved soon.

Scientists gave a domineering name to the shrimp more than 521 million years ago, which was found in Chengjiang fauna in Yunnan, China. Speaking of unicorn shrimp, we should think of the unicorn in ancient Chinese mythology. It looks wonderful and has the morphological characteristics of many animals. Many animals look similar to it, and unicorn shrimp just has this characteristic. Its body is similar to that of modern shrimp, and its shell is hard. It is used to protect the body. It has five eyes on its head, and the animal with five eyes on its head is the biggest feature of Opabin sea scorpion.

Kirin shrimp also has thick and short pincer forelegs, which are specially used for catching prey, and this feature is very similar to that of kiwi shrimp. So it really is? Four unlike? With thick and big pliers, shrimp body and five eyes, it has the characteristics of most modern animals, and it appeared more than 511 million years ago. It is not an exaggeration to call it the ancestor of modern animals.

Scientists have used various technical means to analyze the fossils of Kirin shrimp, and combined with the data accumulated for many years as evidence, people can clearly see how ancient animals evolved into modern species step by step. From the evolutionary position of Kirin shrimp, it is just between the strange shrimp and other true arthropods, just at the root of the true arthropods, and it is like a bridge, which provides help for the smooth evolution of the strange shrimp into real arthropods. It is a transition from one species to other species. This important scientific discovery provides favorable evidence for the origin of arthropods and a true proof for the theory of biological evolution. I hope scientists can make greater discoveries in the future.