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Brain Asymmetry Is Ancient and Universal
There is a massive, real, physically measurable difference between the two hemispheres of the brain that is not pop psychology but is found across the animal kingdom—mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, worms, mollusks, insects, and even a 700-million-year-old sea creature with a lateralized neural network—indicating lateralization is extremely basic to all living beings.
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Iain McGilchristEvidence Quote
“the oldest living creature that we have, which is a sea creature that lives off the Isle of Wight, 700 million years old, already has a lateralized neural network.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:15:28 AM
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