Squids And Slugs Take Different Paths To Smarts
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 12:20
in Biology & Nature
A hot new study in Nature has rearranged the molluscan family tree--with some surprising results!No one can deny that cephalopods (squids, octos, and cuttles) are the brains of the family, with their cousins the gastropods (slugs and snails) coming in a close second. We'd all assumed that these two groups were closely related, with cephalopods evolving from a gastropod-like ancestor, refining a brain that already existed.However! As summarized in the New Scientist:read more