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C. elegans is highly evolved despite 300 neurons
C. elegans is not primitive despite having only 300 neurons; it is a highly evolved animal that has solved how to produce a complete survival behavioral repertoire with minimal neurons, and is far older as a lineage (about a billion years) than humans (300,000 years).
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Jeff LichtmanEvidence Quote
“It has figured out how with only 300 neurons to have a complete behavioral repertoire that allows it to survive for a billion years, it's an old animal compared to us newbies, us humans, with 300,000 years.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:16 AM
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