Comb jellies are the closest relatives of the first animals

I found this quote interesting:

> Recent discoveries have shown that ctenophores have no synapses, the tiny connections between neurons. Instead the cells of their primitive nervous system, known as a nerve net, are fused together, forming a syncytium—“an entirely new way to build a nervous system”

It makes sense that synapses would be more general/powerful than fused neurons. Different neurons can connect over time with synapses