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During the evolution of life, singled-celled organisms developed into multicellular ones and these multicellular organisms became plants or animals. When animals got organs with diverse functions, they had to invent communication between these to establish homeostasis. The devices of this communication are nerves and hormones.
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Kleine, B., Rossmanith, W.G. (2016). Evolution of the Endocrine System. In: Hormones and the Endocrine System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15060-4_13
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