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Squid and octopus genome studies reveal how cephalopods’ unique traits evolved
- rdubs333 4y agoMakes you wonder what other kind of life forms are in the universe!
- jshprentz 4y agoCambridge University zoologist Arik Kershenbaum speculates on the form and function of alien life in his 2020 book, "The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy[1]." No time to read a book? Watch his Harvard science book talk[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoologist%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoologist%27s_Guide_to_the... [2] https://youtu.be/t4g0wHS2XKM https://youtu.be/t4g0wHS2XKM
- dom96 4y agogreat recommendation, thanks!
- plutonorm 4y agohttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610718300798 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007961071...
- TrapLord_Rhodo 4y agoThe book children of ruin explores the concept of a hyperintellegent cephalopods that build a planet and eventually discover faster than light travel. It's the second book in the series but great sci-fi book that explores different typee of consciousness.
- nxpnsv 4y agoThe author is Adrian Tschaikovsky and has lots of great works out there :)
- automatic6131 4y agoStephen Baxter also did this in his Manifold series. I think it was Time, but it could be Space. Both books are good, but Children of Ruin is definitely better written and more entertaining.
- disillusioned 4y agoWe are going on an adventure.
- irrational 4y agoIf there is any animal that I could be convinced is not of this earth, it would be octopus. I’m disappointed that their DNA didn’t suggest this is a possibility ;-)
- digitalsankhara 4y agoI feel your pain :-) Truly a fascinating species.
- plutonorm 4y agoEven if it did, the authors wouldn't dare say it. "Scrambled" genome is pretty radical. If genetic transfer of material is commonplace we might expect aliens to be quite similar to us in terms of genes, but radically different in how those genes are composed... It's still an open possibility in my mind. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610718300798 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007961071...
- hyperpallium2 4y agoThe eye of an octopus shows intelligent design; the eye of a human, not so much. There is a god, but not ours.