Consciousness, complexity, and evolution
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21001825
Abstract: Abstract The idea that consciousness and complexity are closely related has been a major driver of the popularity of integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness, despite its major formal, phenomenological, and neuroscientific shortcomings. Here, I… read more here.
Keywords: complexity evolution; consciousness complexity; complexity;
Pathological complexity and the evolution of sex differences
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000498
Abstract: Abstract Benenson et al. provide a compelling case for treating greater investment into self-protection among females as an adaptive strategy. Here, we wish to expand their proposed adaptive explanation by placing it squarely in modern… read more here.
Keywords: complexity; complexity evolution; evolution sex; pathological complexity ... See more keywords
Foraging complexity and the evolution of childhood
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn9889
Abstract: Our species’ long childhood is hypothesized to have evolved as a period for learning complex foraging skills. Researchers studying the development of foraging proficiency have focused on assessing this hypothesis, yet studies present inconsistent conclusions… read more here.
Keywords: complexity evolution; skill intensive; evolution childhood; foraging complexity ... See more keywords