Constrained roads to complex brains Neural development and brain circuit evolution converged in birds and mammals

Intelligence has likely evolved independently at least twice in vertebrates, suggesting that it's a highly adaptive trait which we should expect to discover more in other forms of life

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Five years ago this hill was wall-to-wall 2m tall knotweed. Today we added a soil amendment to the worst of what's left, further helping this site on the path to ecological recovery