" Thus with a swipe of flesh on stone we carry our vertebrate pedigree back 525 million years ... A silvery sliver of a thing took us away from trilobites and snail onto our own special path: one which led to land, to Tyrannosaurus Rex, and The New York Times. "

― Richard Fortey , Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind