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Replying to G. Mayer, C. Martin, I. S. Oliveira, F. A. Franke & V. Gross Nature 516, 10.1038/nature13860 (2014)

In the accompanying Comment Mayer et al.1 dispute ancestral affinities of Lyrarapax unguispinus and onychophoran brains. Here, we contest their claim that the evolutionary scenario described in Cong et al.2 is unviable.

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Figure 1: Euperipatoides rowelli frontal appendage ganglia.

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  1. Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China

    Peiyun Cong, Xiaoya Ma & Xianguang Hou

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK,

    Xiaoya Ma & Gregory D. Edgecombe

  3. Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, Arizona, USA

    Nicholas J. Strausfeld

  4. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, Arizona, USA

    Nicholas J. Strausfeld

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Cong, P., Ma, X., Hou, X. et al. Cong et al. reply. Nature 516, E3–E4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13861

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