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title: Why the insect brain is so incredible — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/why-the-insect-brain-is-so-incredible/
date: 2016-04-14
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# Why the insect brain is so incredible

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs in the world, a supercomputer made of billions of neurons that control all of our senses, thoughts, and actions. But there was something Charles Darwin found even more impressive: the brain of an ant, which he called “one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world.” Anna Stöckl takes us inside the tiny but mighty insect brain.