For instance, sentience evolved independently in vertebrates, arthropods, and cephalopods, showing how diverse neural architectures ... This was shortly before and during the Cambrian period. The ...

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

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Cambrian fossils reveal ventral nerve cord structure in early ecdysozo Single ventral nerve cord identified as ancestral nervous system desig Paired nerve cords evolved later, aiding segmentation and ...

analysed the fossils from key Cambrian deposits. The fossils included Scalidophora, a subgroup of Ecdysozoa. Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and ...

However, a close look at Cambrian-age (541 million years to 485 million years ago ... The researchers were also interested in knowing why loriciferans and kinorhynchs share a similar nervous system ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and smaller ... particularly in segmented animals. During the Precambrian-Cambrian transition, changes in the ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs ... first appeared in the early Cambrian. They represent a crucial lineage for investigating the evolutionary trajectory of the ventral ...

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This finding suggests that paired nerve cords in arthropods, kinorhynchs, and loriciferans evolved independently, linked to body segmentation and movement complexity. Researchers propose that these ...