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Complex Brains Existed 520 Million Years Ago In Cockroach Relative

Scientific American - Posted: October 10th, 2012, 4:10pm EDT

[caption id=attachment_9171 align=alignleft width=350 caption=Fossil of Fuxianhuia courtesy of Xiaoya Ma] [/caption]Your everyday cockroach might not seem terribly intelligent. But new fossil evidence from 520 million years ago suggests that this insidious insect might have had some surprisingly smart early ancestors. a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=complex-brains-existed-520-million-years-ago-in-cockroach-relative[More]/a

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