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The Surprising Ways Brains Actually Evolved (It’s Not What We Thought)

2026-02-06 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a few studies that explain how the human brain developed complexity Links: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867423009170 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade5645 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.01.592020v5.full.pdf https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm1696 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01925-6 https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.001322#tab2 Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyMbXCzcS0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10yOoP-x3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh6Hy420-eQ #brain #biology #evolution 0:00 Discoveries about the evolution of the brain 1:20 800 Million years ago... how it all began 3:10 Did nervous system evolve multiple times? Comb jellies 4:45 Big brains - primates vs octopuses 9:20 Human brains and human intelligence genes 11:20 Gut microbes and fuel for the brain 12:20 Conclusions and implications Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Smithsonian Environmental Research Center CC BY 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlet_sea_anemone#/media/File:Nematostella_vectensis_(I1419)_999_(30695685804).jpg Bernd Schierwater - Eitel M, Osigus H-J, DeSalle R, Schierwater B (2013) Global Diversity of the Placozoa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placozoa#/media/File:Trichoplax_adhaerens_photograph.png CC BY 4.0 Michael G. Hadfield CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placozoa#/media/File:Placozoan.webp Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@kobor112 2026-02-06

Wow, I had no idea intelligence has already evolved on Earth. Will have to look for it some time.

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@anthonyhiggins6342 2026-02-06

I love the diversity of topics you cover.

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@erikmaronde2244 2026-02-07

Neuroanatomist/Cell Biologist teaching at a University here: you do a wonderful, great job on educating us on the latest concepts in science! Thank you!

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@Deeked 2026-02-07

This is quite possibly one of the greatest YouTube channels on the platform. LOVE IT. So many beautiful people here too.

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@FigmentHF 2026-02-06

octopuses don't like social systems because they are a social system aha

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@thebookofclyde1822 2026-02-07

One of the most interesting things I got from this video is that proteins fold our DNA so that genes that may be far apart on the DNA strand are placed close enough together that they can efficiently work together. I never realized that this is one more benefit of having chromosomes made of both proteins and DNA.

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@Szan-40 2026-02-06

You are better than any science magazine I would be able to understand.. You cover all the topics that interest me. Thanks!

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@ScoriacTears 2026-02-06

You know what Mr Petrov, I have learnt more from you than I did from school and that Sir is a fact, weird thing is I have got to be twenty years older than you, as long as you are here on YouTube (and I am alive of course) I will be one of your many subscribers thank you very much for your tutelage.

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@Edward-om8mz 2026-02-06

Hi Anton Thanks for the episode mate

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@CaidicusProductions 2026-02-10

The funny thing about octopuses is that, while they really don't like each other, they can easily become friendly towards, and attached to human caregivers. Interesting animals.

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