Why do you think invertebrates developed before vertebrates?

But we are vertebrates – and so are most of the large, charismatic animals that walk, swim and fly. It is only natural that we find ourselves drawn to what Henry Gee, ... invertebrate relatives are a group of marine animals that includes the ... that during embryo development, our anus forms before our mouth.

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