#pineal eye

Origin of Human Eyes Traced to 560-Million-Year-Old One-Eyed ‘Cyclops’

Before vertebrates had two eyes, their ancestors may have looked upward with one.

Deep inside the human brain, a small gland in the middle of the forehead helps keep time. As darkness arrives, the pineal gland helps set the body’s nightly rhythm. But some creatures use the pineal gland as a sort of “third eye”, helping them detect light and shadow, though the organ doesn’t form pictures. Our human lineage lost this ancestral ability millions of years ago. In a review published in Current Biology, researchers from Lund University and the University of Sussex argue that the lineage leading to vertebrates passed through a cyclops-like stage roughly 560 million years ago. The animal was not a one-eyed giant, but probably a tiny, wormlike marine filter feeder with a light-sensitive organ on top of its head. As its descendants returned to active swimming, parts of that central organ expanded sideways and were repurposed into paired retinas...

Three-Eyed Carpet Python Morelia spilota ©Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission Text by Laura Geggel

It's impressive this snake even saw the light of day. Sometimes, mother snakes eat "bad" eggs called "slugs" after laying them, Penning said. Moreover, snakes born with deformities, such as spinal problems, typically die after a few days, he said.

Even more surprising is that the eye appeared to work. "Deformities rarely lead to normal operating functions," Penning said. "When you think of the complexity involved within the skull and nervous tissue, there is so much more going on here than just that one new eye." For instance, it's likely that this third eye would need a third optic nerve, which would certainly complicate the brain's typical layout, he said.

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It’s important to note that a parietal eye, also known as a third eye or pineal eye, is a part of the epithalamus present in some species of fish, amphibian and reptile, so this is not a complete anomoly.

I love Tulsi tea - calms the nerves & helps detox the pineal gland

From: https://naturalsociety.com/tulsi-plant-holy-basil-remove-flouride-water-support-pineal-gland-health/?fbclid=IwAR0O6BwYIkNVBfc8dRWcWqMRv_j5dRQ7yYS4F63Z5H9CNt8PdHLX3J7YGkA

The better to see you with.

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