Scientists discover a 520-million-year-old BRAIN: Neural structure found inside fossil of the world's oldest predator

Scientists discover a 520-million-year-old BRAIN: Neural structure found inside fossil of the world's oldest predator | Mail Online

Posted by rockymountainpirate 10 years, 6 months ago to Science

The find for the first time identifies the fossilised brain of what are considered the top predators of their time, a group of animals known as anomalocaridids, which translates to 'abnormal shrimp.'

SOURCE URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2695595/Fossilised-brain-520-million-years-old-identified-belong-worlds-earliest-predator.html

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Posted by johnrobert2 10 years, 6 months ago

Must have been proto-politicians.

Well, it said 'oldest predators'.

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  Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 6 months ago
  
  And they often act like they have the brain of a shrimp.
  
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Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 6 months ago

Thank goodness the article straightened me out... I thought maybe they found Biden's brain, but that would have meant a colonoscopy for Obama...

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Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 6 months ago

That's pretty cool. Not sure why scientists would have thought a predator would have had a more developed brain??? Seems they would be programmed to do one thing.

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  Posted by rockymountainpirate 10 years, 6 months ago
  
  Predators often need to out smart their prey, unless of course they are voters.
  
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  Posted by khalling 10 years, 6 months ago
  
  where you been?
  
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    Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 6 months ago
    
    Me or Pirate?
    
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      Posted by khalling 10 years, 6 months ago
      
      pirate's posting...
      
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Scientists discover a 520-million-year-old BRAIN: Neural structure found inside fossil of the world's oldest predator | Mail Online

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