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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/how-consciousness-evolved/485558/

All sounds quite plausible to me.

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evolution of consciousness George Jelliss 2017-07-29, 04:19 PM
- evolution of consciousness David Turell 2017-07-30, 01:02 AM
  - evolution of consciousness dhw 2017-07-30, 10:03 AM
    - evolution: development of neurons David Turell 2018-02-20, 10:25 PM
      - evolution: pressure-sensing proteins David Turell 2019-08-21, 10:49 PM
        
        evolution: finding useful proteins David Turell 2019-10-21, 09:20 PM
        
        evolution: finding tiny proteins David Turell 2019-10-21, 09:37 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role David Turell 2020-01-08, 12:48 AM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role dhw 2020-01-08, 01:55 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role David Turell 2020-01-09, 12:49 AM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in plant biomes David Turell 2020-04-13, 06:47 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in plant biomes dhw 2020-04-14, 03:00 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in plant biomes David Turell 2020-04-14, 06:13 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in human biomes David Turell 2020-07-21, 06:52 PM
        
        Evolution: t he gut has its own independent neuron network David Turell 2020-12-25, 03:57 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in human biomes David Turell 2021-07-12, 06:09 PM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in human therapy David Turell 2021-07-12, 06:17 PM
        
        Evolution: can work in reverse David Turell 2021-08-21, 06:22 PM
        
        Evolution: can work at high speed David Turell 2021-08-23, 05:51 PM
        
        Evolution: speciation related to satellite (junk) DNA David Turell 2021-08-23, 06:09 PM
        
        Evolution: can work at high speed David Turell 2022-05-30, 01:57 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-05-31, 02:36 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-01, 10:54 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-01, 02:31 PM
        
        Evolution: the bush is different if genomes used David Turell 2022-06-01, 05:33 PM
        
        Evolution: convergence of eyes David Turell 2024-04-01, 03:16 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-02, 08:20 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-02, 05:41 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-03, 07:57 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-03, 03:31 PM
        
        Evolution: development of neuropeptides David Turell 2022-06-03, 06:55 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-04, 07:10 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-04, 02:32 PM
        
        Evolution: pattern of stasis and sprint David Turell 2022-06-04, 08:02 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-05, 09:53 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-05, 02:39 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-06, 10:02 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-06, 02:13 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-07, 07:49 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-07, 04:48 PM
        
        Evolution: tracing the rise of the mammals David Turell 2022-06-07, 08:31 PM
        
        Evolution: maintaining mammalian body heat David Turell 2023-01-19, 03:36 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-08, 10:44 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-08, 04:16 PM
        
        Evolution: primate neurons are new David Turell 2022-06-08, 04:34 PM
        
        Evolution: most silent genetic mutations are harmful: David Turell 2022-06-08, 09:32 PM
        
        Evolution: most silent genetic mutations are harmful: David Turell 2022-06-09, 04:57 PM
        
        Evolution: interaction of genes importance David Turell 2024-01-20, 06:23 PM
        
        Evolution: females have bigger brains in animals David Turell 2024-01-20, 08:25 PM
        
        Evolution: Euglenids David Turell 2024-01-21, 04:07 PM
        
        Evolution: more evidence of early life David Turell 2024-01-22, 06:10 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-09, 07:11 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-09, 03:46 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-10, 09:23 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-10, 03:35 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-11, 08:15 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-11, 02:46 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-12, 09:33 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-12, 03:34 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-13, 11:33 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-13, 03:33 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-14, 09:53 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-14, 03:55 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-15, 08:28 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-15, 02:25 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-16, 09:43 AM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-16, 04:46 PM
        
        Evolution: what works at the genetic level David Turell 2022-06-16, 08:01 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information dhw 2022-06-17, 12:05 PM
        
        Evolution: as immaterial information David Turell 2022-06-17, 03:24 PM
        
        Evolution: life solves climate change worries David Turell 2022-06-17, 04:24 PM
        
        Evolution: life solves climate change worries dhw 2022-06-18, 01:30 PM
        
        Evolution: life solves climate change worries David Turell 2022-06-18, 03:09 PM
        
        Evolution: how country ants urbanize David Turell 2022-10-02, 05:31 PM
        
        Evolution: stromatolites early appearance David Turell 2023-03-16, 07:38 PM
        
        Evolution: air-filled bones strong but lightweight David Turell 2023-03-18, 03:17 PM
        
        Evolution: gut biome influences health and longevity David Turell 2023-06-04, 12:16 AM
        
        Evolution: bacteria's' role in animal biomes David Turell 2023-08-22, 04:09 PM
        
        Evolution: timing the Triassic extinction David Turell 2020-11-16, 10:26 PM
        
        Evolution: sudden flowering plant appearance David Turell 2021-01-28, 08:01 PM
        
        Evolution: cause of End-Ordovician David Turell 2022-07-14, 03:36 PM
        
        Evolution: a mass extinction in the Ediacaran David Turell 2022-11-10, 06:32 PM
        
        Evolution: not always simple to complex David Turell 2022-11-10, 08:20 PM
        
        Evolution: a mass extinction in the late Devonian David Turell 2023-03-15, 06:55 PM
        
        Evolution: one size does not fit various microbiomes David Turell 2020-04-14, 08:14 PM
        
        evolution: earliest land fungi David Turell 2020-01-22, 07:42 PM
        
        evolution: biological design David Turell 2020-09-28, 02:07 PM
        
        evolution: finding useful proteins dhw 2019-10-22, 10:07 AM
        
        evolution: finding useful proteins David Turell 2019-10-22, 01:53 PM
        
        evolution: finding useful proteins ; enormous odds David Turell 2020-07-05, 07:56 PM
        
        evolution: a transitioning form out from the Cambrian David Turell 2020-11-04, 11:03 PM
        
        evolution: first amphibian with slingshot tongue David Turell 2020-11-06, 07:50 PM
        
        evolution: playing possum David Turell 2021-03-03, 08:11 PM
        
        evolution: when nothing happens; living fossil David Turell 2022-03-07, 04:04 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis and metabolism swapping David Turell 2022-05-03, 10:36 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis and reproduction David Turell 2022-05-18, 02:58 PM
        
        evolution: gene continuity David Turell 2022-05-18, 05:25 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis review David Turell 2022-10-04, 03:09 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis with dolphin and man David Turell 2023-06-12, 08:14 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis with corals and algae David Turell 2023-08-16, 06:30 PM
        
        evolution: early eukaryote molecular evidence David Turell 2023-10-23, 09:22 PM
        
        evolution: three inner ear bones David Turell 2023-11-01, 07:01 PM
        
        evolution: starfish are all head, no trunk David Turell 2023-11-01, 08:25 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis with Cycads David Turell 2023-11-21, 03:59 PM
        
        evolution: symbiosis with many good bacteria David Turell 2023-11-22, 06:59 PM
        
        evolution: bird origin questionable David Turell 2024-12-31, 04:40 PM
        
        evolution: the speed of evolution David Turell 2024-01-02, 06:16 PM
        
        evolution: gut nerve controls David Turell 2024-05-15, 04:53 PM
        
        evolution: sessile Ediacarans stirred water flow David Turell 2024-05-19, 06:11 PM
        
        evolution: how bacteria protect Antarctic worms David Turell 2024-06-21, 08:12 PM
        
        evolution: new Archaea found David Turell 2024-08-06, 03:21 PM
        
        evolution: another asteroid may have helped kill dinosaurs David Turell 2024-10-16, 09:07 PM
        
        evolution: another eukaryote article David Turell 2024-10-28, 07:01 PM
        
        evolution: the effect of pressure and heat David Turell 2024-10-28, 07:44 PM
        
        evolution: the effects of a theory without natural selection David Turell 2024-10-30, 07:10 PM
        
        evolution: the role of Asgard Archaea David Turell 2025-03-22, 09:04 PM
        
        evolution: a start of multicellularity David Turell 2025-04-20, 07:10 PM
    - evolution of consciousness: a new comment David Turell 2018-05-04, 09:54 PM
      - evolution of consciousness: another view David Turell 2018-05-14, 07:46 PM
      - evolution of consciousness: a new comment David Turell 2021-12-10, 07:28 PM
        
        evolution of consciousness: a new comment David Turell 2022-03-08, 09:38 PM
        
        evolution of consciousness: a new view David Turell 2023-03-12, 08:03 PM