why is it that so many animals have their brains in their head, rather than anywhere else in their body?

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why is it that so many animals have their brains in their head, rather than anywhere else in their body?

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Although other answers are really good for explaining why central nervous systems that evolved independently are usually in the head, the vertebrate brain probably only evolved once, so it’s the same organ, that initially evolved in the head and just didn’t move.

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