Tag: crows

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, brain, Carl Sagan, complexity, crows, evolution, fish, flatscreen television, humans, Jack Reacher, limbic system, lizard brain, lizards, mammals, McGill University, neurobiologists, neuroscience, octopuses, Office for Science and Society, onions, ontogeny, pancakes, parrots, Paul D. MacLean, phylogeny, radio, reptile, reptiles, scientific hypotheses}

McGill University Refutes Pop-Psychology Claim that Humans Have a “Lizard Brain”

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2026

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The false belief traces back to the fact that Carl Sagan was one of its strongest proponents. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, chimps, crows, fungi, humans, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, Marc Bekoff, New Scientist, New York Times, New York University, octopuses, plants, prairie dogs, Psychology Today, tools, William Egginton}

On New Book, Elite Opinion Cuts Loose from Reality

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Reasoning

6}

All these intellectual worthies, in deadly earnest virtue, choose to miss the point. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, abstractions, animal intelligence, birds, brains, common sense, crows, evolution, evolutionary biology, Germany, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, mammals, ornithology, paleornithologists, problems, ravens, Science (journal), vertebrates, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

6}

A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, birds, chimpanzees, crows, invertebrates, Jane Goodall, Lucy, Max Planck Institute, octopuses, otters, tools}

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

9}

It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstraction, animals, archaeologists, chimpanzees, crows, dolphins, hands, Harvard University, life forms, monkeys, octopuses, Oxford University, sea urchins, tools}

War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

8}

As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, bees, behavior, chimpanzees, consciousness, crows, elephants, emotion, human consciousness, humans, insects, joy, Lars Chittka, octopuses, pain, Scientific American, sentience, Thomas Nagel}

What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animal behavior, Carl Sagan, chimpanzees, confirmation bias, crows, Dogs, emotions, humans, marine biologists, puppies, Scientific American, TikTok, Washington State, wolves}

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bears, cooking, crows, culture, deer, Eurasia, fathers, fire, foxes, humans, hunting, Neanderthals, speech, wolves}

Neanderthals Had a Thing for Eagles — And Hyenas

_{Science & Culture
December 20, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

However, Neanderthals are not thought, based on current evidence, to have had much interest in dogs. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, apes, brain, crows, cuttlefish, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, intelligence, MicroRNAs, nervous system, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, octopuses, Oregon, RNA, squid, vertebrates, whales}

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 9, 2022

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

6}

While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chimpanzees, crows, design filter, Design Inference, designer, intelligent design, John West, Jordan, Live Science, Middle East, Namibia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, World War I}

Design Inference: Stone Structures Were Intelligently Arranged, Though We Don’t Know by Whom

_{David Coppedge
March 29, 2022

Archaeology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There are hundreds of these structures. They extend over much of the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Read More ›