{"id":230730,"date":"2026-02-06T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/we-learned-a-bit-more-about-how-human-brains-became-so-complex"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:13:56","slug":"we-learned-a-bit-more-about-how-human-brains-became-so-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/we-learned-a-bit-more-about-how-human-brains-became-so-complex","title":{"rendered":"We Learned a Bit More About How Human Brains Became So Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKZ18vfweC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whatdamath\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whatdamath<\/a> (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads)<br \/> Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/whatdamath\">http:\/\/paypal.me\/whatdamath<\/a>.<br \/> Get a Wonderful Person Tee: <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/whatdamath\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/whatdamath<\/a>.<br \/> More cool designs are on Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3QFIrFX\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3QFIrFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/> Links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0092867423009170\">https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0092867423009170<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ade5645\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ade5645<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.05.01.592020v5.full.pdf\">https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.05.01.592020v5.full.pdf<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abm1696\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abm1696<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-022-01925-6\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-022-01925-6<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/mgen\/10.1099\/mgen.0.001322#tab2\">https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/mgen\/10\u202601322#tab2<\/a><br \/> Other videos:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyMbXCzcS0k.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyMbXCzcS0k.\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyMbXCzcS0k.<\/a><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e10yOoP-x3g.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e10yOoP-x3g.\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e10yOoP-x3g.<\/a><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Direct Connection Between Gut Microbiome and Human Intelligence\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dh6Hy420-eQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> #brain #biology #evolution.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Discoveries about the evolution of the brain.<br \/> 1:20 800 Million years ago\u2026 how it all began.<br \/> 3:10 Did nervous system evolve multiple times? Comb jellies.<br \/> 4:45 Big brains \u2014 primates vs octopuses.<br \/> 9:20 Human brains and human intelligence genes.<br \/> 11:20 Gut microbes and fuel for the brain.<br \/> 12:20 Conclusions and implications.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and please subscribe.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow!<br \/> bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4<br \/> or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF<\/p>\n<p>The hardware used to record these videos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/we-learned-a-bit-more-about-how-human-brains-became-so-complex\">Continue reading \u201cWe Learned a Bit More About How Human Brains Became So Complex\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1318,1523,1761,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-bitcoin","category-computing","category-cryptocurrencies","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}