Tag: octopus
What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?
Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice.
Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree?
New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost “alien” species.
Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution
Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations?
New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey
One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed.
MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?
While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs.