Multi-trait convergent trends in the evolution of brains and cognition.
The Behavioral and brain sciences November 3, 2025 Sheryl Coombs, Michael Trestman
Our target article proposed that vertebrates, cephalopod mollusks, and euarthropods independently converged onto high levels of brain and cognitive complexity and that this macroevolutionary trend was coupled with and facilitated by the acquisition of a small set of pivotal traits, used in visuomotor control of three-dimensional and targeted movements. In response to commentaries that...