cuttlefish – Uncommon Descent

At Mind Matters News: Cuttlefish have good memories, even in old age

Octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish are surprisingly smart for invertebrates. Researchers are gaining some insights into how intelligence helps them.

Animal minds Intelligent Design Mind

Cuttlefish can delay gratification, suggesting smarts like chimpanzees and crows

Maybe the big question isn’t why are cuttlefish so smart but why are chimpanzees so dumb?

Genetics stasis

The same genes code for legs as for tentacles

The folks at Nature will be back to us when they come up with a no-design story.

Design inference Evolution Genetics Intelligent Design

Researchers: Program for limb development may have been in “in the bilaterian common ancestor”

What? Doug Axe draws attention to a new paper at Evolution News and Science Today which suggests that “the genetic program for limb development predates limbs.” Abstract: Cephalopod mollusks evolved numerous anatomical innovations, including specialized arms and tentacles, but little is known about the developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of cephalopod limbs. Here we report that Read More…

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