DON'T TELL ME THIS HAPPENED VIA EVOLUTION "This trilobite was equipped with a 'hyper-eye' never seen before in the animal kingdom - certain species of trilobite — extinct arthropods distantly related to horseshoe crabs — had "hyper compound eyes," complete with hundreds of lenses, their own neural network to process and send signals and multiple optic nerves, according to new research published Sept. 30 in the journal Scientific Reports. "