Very Strange Nature Things (Pictures)

Nature can be weird sometimes..,

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Human-Like Brain Found in Worm

For the first time, a structure comparable to our cerebral cortex has been found in an invertebrate — a humble marine ragworm.

• A marine ragworm has brain structures that researchers now believe are directly related to the human brain.
• Other invertebrates likely also possess the brain structures, which correspond to our cerebral cortex.
• The origins of the human brain can now be traced back at least 600 million years, when we last shared a common ancestor with marine ragworms.
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