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To: combjelly who wrote (246419)8/17/2005 9:01:09 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572300
 
Co-opting one system for another purpose has mostly likely happened many times. Just the diversity of visual systems is astonishing.



To: combjelly who wrote (246419)8/18/2005 1:45:08 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572300
 
Consider the cephalopods. Even other mollusk has, at best, a small ganglion. Nothing that can be honestly described as a "brain".

Hold on. Am I being insulted here?