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b'If you\\u2019re reading this, there\\u2019s a very good chance you\\u2019re using one of the most incredible tools in the animal toolkit: the eye! In this episode, we discuss what\\u2019s known \\u2013 and what\\u2019s suspected \\u2013 about the incredible evolutionary history of the eye. How many types of eyes are there? What is an eye, anyway? Just how difficult is it to evolve something so intricate and complex? \\xa0All this and more!\\nIn the news: a giant parrot, a giant penguin, ancient RNA, and crinoid rafts.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:32:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:09:00\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nWe\'re going to be at DragonCon 2019!\\nThe Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent\\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw\\nThe Intro and Outro music is \\u201cOn the Origin of Species\\u201d by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.\\nMuscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'