A SHORT READING LIST ABOUT EVOLUTION & THE ALIEN 
Three interesting, recently published articles, each in different outlets.
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Second, an
@aeon essay by Douglas Fox on ctenophores, which have a completely different type of nervous system to rest of tree of life.Show this thread
“the closest thing to an alien brain, or mind, on Earth”https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-ctenophore-says-about-the-evolution-of-intelligence …
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Third, new article from Sam Levin et al, at U of Oxford dept of evol biology (inc
@StuWest8), on “Darwin’s aliens” http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/group/west/pdf/Levin_etal_17.PDF …Show this thread -
They use evolutionary theory to describe what we can/should expect aliens to be like. Concludes: “Now we just need to find them.”
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Probably just a coincidence that all these hit my radar in short succession, but anyway, there's lots of interesting, intelligent stuff here
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