Kinetosis appeared with the first creatures walking on the ground

20. 09. 2019
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Dogs, cats, mice horses, fish and amphibians and many other animals experience symptoms of motion sickness, although symptoms vary from species to species.

When life began

Life began about 3,8 to 4,1 billions of years ago. For most of this time, the organisms on Earth were simple, and evolution was slow. But about 550 millions of years ago something remarkable happened. Increased levels of calcium and oxygen in the environment led to the development of the inner ear and balance regulating organs (vestibular apparatus). Over the next 165 millions of years, some organisms - including those that later evolved into human beings - went to the mainland, apparently to gain a better view.

Let's skip to 2 000 years ago when the Greek doctor Hippocrates wrote that "sailing on the sea proves that movement disturbs the body." In fact, the term "nausea" is derived from the Greek word "naus" relating to ships, sailing or seafarers. Approximately 65 percent of people suffer from motion sickness, women more often than men, with sensitivity reaching peak around the age of 11 years. But why is it so common?

Normal reaction

Kinetosis occurs when there is a mismatch between what the eye tells the brain and what the inner ear perceives as movement. So if you look at your phone, newspaper or stationary object in the car, your brain's eyes tell you that you are not in motion. But your vestibular system (the organs responsible for the balance in your ear) tells the brain that you're in motion. For this reason, anti-kinetosis helps to have a good view of the road and follow
horizon: what your eyes see coincides with what your body feels.

Kinetoza

The feeling of motion sickness in a moving vehicle tells us that our vestibular system works well. Humans are not the only animal species to suffer from motion sickness. Dogs, cats, mice, horses, fish and amphibians experience symptoms of motion sickness, although the symptoms vary from species to species. When we look at these animals on the evolutionary tree, we find that all of them are connected by their lowest common ancestors, slime and lamprey.

The mucosa has one vestibular channel, while the lamprey has two. Fish with bony jaws, such as sharks, emerged shortly after the mucous membranes and mihulls. Like us, they have a three-channel vestibular system. So have we inherited our sensitivity to moving around with our fish friends and have become more susceptible to it over time? The answer is not that simple. Crabs, lobsters and crayfish all have a highly developed vestibular and visual system that developed completely independently, and earlier than fish, about 630 millions of years ago. And there is also anecdotal evidence that they also suffer from motion sickness. So seasickness is not just an inherited trait. It seems to be a sign that something is working as it should. But what triggers kinetosis in other species and how can it be an evolutionary advantage? To answer this, we need to look at what kinds of movement exist in the natural environment.

Oceans

The waves are not only on the surface, but can also be felt below it at 0,16 to 0,2 Hz levels, and they affect marine life in various ways. Indeed, it has been observed that some fish deliberately move into calmer waters during storms. Sea disease could be a way for a fish to tell her that she is in danger. Interestingly, the amount of motion that the human body can withstand without the symptoms of sea sickness is close to that of fish (0,2 Hz), which corresponds to the frequency of wind-generated waves. This may be a coincidence, but it is far more likely that it points to a close relationship between the human body and the ocean.

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Trees provide protection to many animals, including our closest ancestors, chimpanzees. But just like the oceans, trees can be troubled. It is possible that evolution favored species that retained their resistance to movement as they moved to lower, less moving branches, thereby reducing the risk of fatal fall. Although people think that they have left the rocking branches a long time ago, the truth is that the high-rise buildings in which we live and work tend to sway quietly in the wind, just as trees do and some people susceptible to motion sickness experience dizziness, loss of concentration, drowsiness or nausea. Our vestibular system and other systems have evolved over millions of years for normal walking, so it is not surprising that boats, cars, camels, and currently also head-mounted hyper realistic VR displays cause kinetosis. Our sensory systems did not have time to adapt to new technologies and environments.

Treatment problem

Any solution to motion sickness basically faces millions of years of evolution, which is why it is difficult to treat. Many use prescribed drugs, such as scopolamine, for the treatment of motion sickness, but besides having these unpleasant side effects, they also prevent environmental habits, which means you have to rely on pills further. (Some people use herbal preparations, but their effects vary). The most effective solution to seasickness is to slowly get used to the environment. For example, someone who spends more time on a ship is not so vulnerable to marine disease. Kinosis seems to be a normal reaction in all healthy people. The ancient subconscious mechanism of genetic health was apparently wrongly described as a disease. A kinetic "reflex" would be perhaps a more accurate designation.

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