Even C. elegans might have a little consciousness.

说不定小型土壤线虫也可能有一部分意识呢。

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The research was performed on C. elegans, tiny roundworms that typically live an average of two weeks.

这一研究实验是在线虫身上进行的，这是一种极小的圆虫，他们的平均寿命只有两周左右。

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Even C. elegans worms that wiggle slowly die sooner than worms of the same age that wiggle more quickly.

即便是同期蠕虫，爬得慢的比爬得快的早死。

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Analysing the genes of C. elegans has helped to show how this is done.

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Others wanted to focus on experimental animals, like the C. elegans worm or primates.

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The C.elegans project was started in the 1970s by Dr Brenner, then at Cambridge University.

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