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Humans also have magnetite deposits. They’re found in the skull, specifically in the ethmoid bone, which separates the nasal cavity from the brain. The location of these deposits in a human head corresponds closely to their position in sharks and other migratory animals — a relic from the magnetosensitive fish from which humans and sharks both evolved five hundred million years ago.
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
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