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We are working in the lab to understand this moment in development, which is called phylotypic. This is something that has been known for over a hundred years. When you see many vertebrate embryos at this early embryonic time point, all embryos look very, very similar. We are extrapolating these ideas to the brain. We have seen that at this time point, the phylotypic period, all brains of these species are very simple but very closely related. We share the same features with a fish or with a gecko or with any other mammalian species at this early time point. We have the same brain with the same genes active and the same cell types involved in it.
Dr. Fernando García-Moreno is a ne ...
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Fernando Garcia-Moreno, evolution, neuroscience, human cognition, AI evolution, embryonic development, phenotypic, vertebrates, embodied intelligence, octopus intelligence, creativity, brain development, thalamus, cultural evolution, neuro rights, te