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Nature 439, 923-924 (23 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439923a; Published online 22 February 2006
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Evolution: Careful with that amphioxus
Henry Gee1
Abstract
The textbook tale of vertebrate origins is brought into question by phylogenetic analyses of new genomic data. But the amphioxus, long viewed as a precursor to fish, remains a central character in events.
History is written by the victors. This is as true for our account of evolution as it is for purely human affairs.
- Henry Gee is a senior editor at Nature.
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