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  1. Larger brains are frequently found in social species, leading to the supposition that sociality is a driver of brain size. Based on evaluation of cephalopods, a new paper argues that environmental complexity, not social factors, are responsible for brain size in these organisms.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/the-size-of-c

    Original paper: cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25

    #Science #Biology #Intelligence #Brain #Sociality #Cephalopods #Octopus