Tag: lobsters
Rats! Another Code Found in Whiskers
Neurons in a rat’s whiskers “represent multiple stimulus features in a tiled and continuous manner, thus encoding large regions of a complex sensory space.”
Can Crabs Think? Can Lobsters Feel?
What about shrimp? Their brains turn out to have memory and learning centers, which has triggered an evolution squabble.
Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species
From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that?
Design in the First Animals
Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system.
What Jordan Peterson Might Say to Intelligent Design Proponents
Peterson’s signature issues aren’t really on the radar screen here, and behind much of his perspective on psychology is a standard evolutionary viewpoint.