Human ancestors are jellyfish?

There has long been a related theory of human origins with sponges, but new genetic research suggests that a jellyfish-like species is likely the origin of every creature - including humanity.

Animals like jellyfish can be the source of animals.(Photo: coatedarms.blogspot.com)

When studying to fill the gap in the gene sequence of the same type of comb jelly, such as jellyfish, American scientists at the University of Miami and the National Institute of Genome Research in Maryland, they found that related to all species of the world.

In fact, this creature shares many similarities with the one who made the team go further, stating the possibility that they might be one of the earliest ancestors of humanity.

The team analyzed the genetics of a comb-based mucus-body animal, scientifically known as Mnemiosis leidyi, found in the Atlantic Ocean. When they mapped the genome through a computer program, they found that the creature shared DNA with every other animal.

The team was surprised to find its DNA development through other animals, asking them to suspect that they were the starting point of all species.

Humans can be derived from jellyfish.(Photo: Daily Mail)

According to biological history, more than half a billion years ago, there was a species that separated from all other animal species and the scientific community considered it a sponge. But the new study, based on the genome, found it to be a comb-based mucus-based animal. The key to this difference is because the sponge does not have muscle and nervous system.

The comb-bark-bodied animal has an oval, transparent body and has four comb lines along the vertical line of the body that can glow green when disturbed. They can grow up to about 7cm - 12cm in length and 2.5cm in diameter but the body contains 97% of water.