Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Consider the (Upside-Down) Lobster

Consider the (Upside-Down) Lobster



Why We're Not Built Like Lobsters

Published on 16 Jul 2014
Here's why you aren't built like a lobster.
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Our bodies are mirror images of lobsters and other arthropods from back to belly. We've know since the early 19th century that our guts and nervous systems are inverted from theirs, but only recently has molecular biology shown us why. Here's the evolutionary tale about a worm doing the backstroke and why your guts are on your front.

This is part 2 of 3 in my series about how our bodies evolved to look like they do. Check out the others:
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNE4...
Part 3 - Coming Friday!

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