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Vertebrates' smarts tied to tiny sea worm

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Gene duplications in the ancient sea worm Pikaia (fossil specimen shown here at the Smithsonian) some 550 million years ago may explain vertebrate smarts.Several "brainy" genes that were duplicated in a tiny sea creature nearly 550 million years ago may have led to the massive expansion in intelligence in vertebrate species, two new studies have found.


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