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Could Cephalopods evolve beyond human-level intelligence?

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Cephalopods have a really interesting and advanced brain structure, and they're regarded as the smartest invertebrates. But I don't think they can ever get to or beyond human-level intelligence. read more

In a 2004 study, Dr. Lori Marino, neuroscientist and marine mammal expert from Emory University, found that dolphins and porpoises have encephalization levels (a rough estimate of intelligence that compares brain mass to an organism’s total body mass) below only modern humans, and above any other mammal. read more

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