Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged | New Scientist

Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged: Study

The front and back parts of our brain come from different progenitor cells in embryos, which suggests they evolved as separate entities

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https://archive.is/1CFX9

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-...

Preprint of paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.662771v1

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