How does a fish put both its eyes on one side of its head? Darwin's enemies thought the question was fatal to evolution. Now the rise of flounders and other flatfishes is coming into focus. My story: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/science/flounder-flatfish-evolution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U0.BWkw.W9YBSpyV1NO-&smid=url-share
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@Carl_Zimmer Interesting that evolution can cause a fish to move one of its eyes to the other side of its body, but has yet to persuade the recurrent laryngeal nerve in mammals and other tetrapods not to go on a very long detour around the aorta.
