Complexity

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    Jellyfish Genome Hints That Complexity Isn’t Genetically Complex

    Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . An overarching theme in the story of evolution, at least over the past half billion years or so, is rising complexity. There are other themes, of course, but life has undoubtedly become more complicated since its origin. Early cells globbed together […]
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    Evolution May Be Drunk, But It’s Serious About Making Brains

    A new study shows that the comb jelly Pleurobrachia bachei evolved its complex features, including neurons and muscles, separately from animals like us.Leonid Moroz and Mat Citarella Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Our brains, perched atop a network of nerve cells that ascend the length of our bodies, […]