Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.

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Scientists tracking blind Mexican cavefish uncover a striking evolutionary reversal where existing brain circuits are rewired via dopamine to flip behavioral responses to light.

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