Your 500-Million-Year-Old Brain

Summary

The genetic roots of our brains can be seen in the amphioxus, a modern relative of 500-million-year-old creatures. These small eel-like animals teach us about brain evolution.

Published on Aril 24, 2014 by HHMI Biointeractive

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