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The origin of the brain lies in a worm
04-20-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg now reveal that the vertebrate nervous system is probably much older than expected. The study, which is published in the current issue of Cell, suggests that the last common ancestor of vertebrates, insects and worms already had a centralised nervous system resembling that of vertebrates today.
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