Brain human brain worms breed?

The latest research by US scientists confirms the structure of the human brain gene related to seaworms. This shows that the origin of the human brain originated from a far greater time than we thought.

Obviously people and seaworms have separated from the same ancestor more than a million years ago, but the surprising thing is that the traces that show this still exist today. The importance of this new discovery is that it helps scientists rethink evolution.

The study was conducted by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago in the US. While analyzing marine species of acorn called Saccoglossus kowalevskii , two researchers Chris Lowe and Ari Pani have found that the basic gene mechanism has been thought to be found only in vertebrate species.

An adult acorn worm

"The more we study, the more we see the similarity between the brain of this strange worm and the vertebrate brain in underground molecular fingerprints , " explained Lowe biology professor.

This finding helps scientists realize that it is much broader to survey if you want to see the whole picture. It is necessary to consider even the initial situations that seem irrelevant.

For example, previous researchers have not analyzed the potential link between worms and humans because these two species do not seem to be similar. Instead, they focused on examining primates, dolphins, elephants and other higher animals on the evolutionary ladder.

"Modern animals are just at the top of the evolutionary branches of the tree. And when we are looking for evidence of the common ancestor of all species, we have to look at every branch to find. Lowe, 'added Lowe.