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Humans have a 'third eye' in the brain: Study links it to a 600-million-year-old Cyclops ancestor

Here's a science story that sounds straight out of Greek mythology, except it's real, and it's about us. A new study by researchers at Lund University and the University of Sussex suggests that humans, along with every other creature with a backbone, may descend from a tiny worm-like animal that had just one eye, sitting right on top of its head, much like a cyclops.

And that's not even the strangest part. According to the research, remnants of this ancient "third eye" may still be sitting inside our brains today, in the form of the pineal gland, the organ that helps control our sleep cycle.

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