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Wait, We Have a Third Eye For Real? Exciting Study on Evolution of Eyes

2026-05-05 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about exciting research on evolution of vertebrate eyes Links: https://theconversation.com/our-modern-vision-evolved-from-an-ancient-one-eyed-worm-creature-278120 https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2825%2901676-8 Eye shapes: https://youtu.be/JoWNPqwdiaA #thirdeye #evolution #biology 0:00 Evolition of eyes (and vision) 2:00 Groundbreaking new study 2:41 How vision evolved in animals 5:45 Vertebrate vs invertebrate eyes 7:40 Why did our eyes evolve so differently? 8:15 Strange history of vertebrate eyes - our ancestral cyclops 10:00 Climate change led to new changes in vision 10:55 Evidence of the third eye - the pineal gland 12:00 Visible third eye in other animals 13:15 Why is vision so successful? 14:40 Conclusions and implications Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Petr Novák CC BY SA 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye#/media/File:Eye_iris.jpg Petr Novák CC BY SA 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye#/media/File:Eye_iris.jpg CC BY SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye#/media/File:Diagram_of_eye_evolution.svg OpenStax College - Anatomy & Physiology CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsin#/media/File:1415_Retinal_Isomers.jpg Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado CC BY sa 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye#/media/File:Smed.jpg TheAlphaWolf CC BY SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_eye#/media/File:Frog_parietal_eye.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_eye#/media/File:Anolis_carolinensis_parietal_eye.JPG Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@CHAD-RYAN 2026-05-05

Shout out to all my pupils watching this.

981 17 replies
@regnskur2 2026-05-05

This is some eye-opening stuff right here

889 16 replies
@Shiorevi 2026-05-05

"You just gotta... like.... Open your 3rd eye, man..." *Devolves by hundreds of millions of years*

780 33 replies
@whatdamath 2026-05-06

Eye am here in the comments for the eye puns

639 88 replies
@Texas240 2026-05-06

Aha! So, that explains my 3rd eyebrow!

333 10 replies
@alexgonzo5508 2026-05-06

We don't have a "third eye", we have a "first eye".

269 12 replies
@raccoonchild 2026-05-06

What a banger of a video. Light, eyes, prehistoric animals, octopuses, lizards. It has it all.

71 4 replies
@ifsowhynot 2026-05-06

"tiny motionless worm cyclops" I feel personally attacked

70 4 replies
@jeremiahlute913 2026-05-06

*Tool starts playing somewhere in the distance*

44 3 replies
@3RAN7ON 2026-05-07

Eye don't think it was mentioned but the pineal gland is directly linked to imagination and being able to picture something in your mind

27 3 replies

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