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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 7, 2023

Categorized
Animal mind, Evolution, Neuroscience

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Dominic Sivitilli, Ed Yong, Octopus (intelligence)}

Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Way Into a Tidy Evolutionary Tree?

_{New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost "alien" species} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 7, 2023

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Animal mind, Evolution, Neuroscience}

Octopus information-gathering is fundamentally different from that of intelligent mammals. Are comparisons in intelligence even meaningful then? Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 29, 2023

Categorized
Animal mind, Evolution

Tagged
Dominic Sivitilli, Mihai Andrei, Octopus (intelligence), Octopus brain}

Octopus Intelligence Is Unlike Anything We Know

_{Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations?} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 29, 2023

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Animal mind, Evolution}

If a complex neurology like that of the mammal was a fluke, what are the chances of a completely different complex neurology happening by chance again? Read More ›