Links: prehistoric

"meander", a short comic about a river and some very old rocks (1/3) by shannon, mellifics . (Open in a private window if you don't have a twitter account.) Gorgeous art illustrating that oysters have been around for a very very long time. Via this book rec by skygiants for Basin and Range by John McPhee.

Chitons See with Ceramic Eyes, New Research Shows by Enrico de Lazaro.

Marine biologists have long known that armored mollusks called chitons have hundreds of small eyes dotting the surface of their hard turtlelike shells. Now new research, published in the journal Science, shows that these eyes – called ocelli – are true eyes, capable of forming focused images.