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Does this article give credence to the saying "His head is up his ass"?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33183points) June 1st, 2018
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… that says you have a second sort-of brain in your rear end – and that brain actually developed before the one above your neck.

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Yellowdog's avatar

Very interesting report. Thanks for posting!

gondwanalon's avatar

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I love it!

A gastula brain developed before the butt. Perhaps this primitive brain servered as the only brain of our primitive ancient ancestors a couple of billion years ago. As they say, “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny “.

However I don’t think that group of neurons along an adult mammal guts (that control peristalsis) qualifies as a brain. Not in an adult body. It’s not even large enough to be indicated on a typical adult nervous system chart.

Yellowdog's avatar

Now, what happens if it develops the idea to talk to us.

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