A statement without meaning – there’s only one cell type in the nervous system, three subtypes, but almost countless variation that all functional regions in the brain evolved from. So what? Does that mean we can’t demarcate dramatic evolutionary leaps in function by organism?
Source date (UTC): 2020-02-12 19:31:27 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227676608431116288
Reply addressees: @robinhanson
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@robinhanson
“All vertebrates possess the same basic brain—and forebrain—regions. … [None] are evolutionarily newer in some mammals than others. … even the prefrontal cortex, a region associated with reason and action planning, is not a uniquely human structure.”
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227255091725389824
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