Which statement is TRUE?
A) Animals must have both a central and peripheral nervous system in order to be able to learn.
B) Animals with larger brains have higher intelligence than animals with smaller brains.
C) Only vertebrates have both a central and a peripheral nervous system.
D) The cerebral cortex takes up about the same percentage of total brain volume in humans as it does in other vertebrates.

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Only vertebrates have both a central and a peripheral nervous system. This is a distinguishing feature of vertebrates, which includes animals with backbones. Invertebrates may have nervous systems, but they do not have this specific division between central and peripheral systems.

Which Statement Is TRUE