The discovery of cells in an invertebrate that share several features with vertebrate neural-crest cells provides insights into how this vital vertebrate cell population might have evolved. See Letter p.371
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Bronner, M. On the crest of becoming vertebrate. Nature 527, 311–312 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15645
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