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The Emergence of Consciousness: Research on Animals Yields Insights into How, when and Why Consciousness Evolved

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Journal EMBO Rep
Specialty Molecular Biology
Date 2021 May 25
PMID 34031966
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Abstract

Whether some animal species possess consciousness is no longer the question; rather how their environment and evolution shaped species-specific forms of self-awareness.

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The emergence of consciousness: Research on animals yields insights into how, when and why consciousness evolved.

Hunter P EMBO Rep. 2021; 22(7):e53199.

PMID: 34031966 PMC: 8406393. DOI: 10.15252/embr.202153199.

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