Hasina Posted October 10, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Oldest Arthropod Brain Found in Buglike Creature The oldest brain ever found in an arthropod — a group of invertebrates that includes insects and crustaceans — is surprisingly complex for its 520-million-year age, researchers report today (Oct. 10). The fossilized brain, found in an extinct arthropod from China, looks very similar to the brains of today's modern insects, said study researcher Nicholas Strausfeld, the director of the Center for Insect Science at the University of Arizona. "The rest of the animal is incredibly simple, so it's a big surprise to see a brain that is so advanced, as it were, in such a simple animal," Strausfeld told LiveScience. Source: http://www.livescien...in-complex.html Edited October 10, 2012 by Hasina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 10, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelayairvin Posted October 10, 2012 #3 Share Posted October 10, 2012 That is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted October 10, 2012 #4 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted October 12, 2012 #5 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I'm not so sure the combination of a simple body and a complex brain is all that puzzling: modern fuel injection systems are mechanically far simpler than early ones because they're controlled by sophisticated computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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