Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

<p>Nieder thinks that consciousness probably emerged separately on multiple occasions, in much the same way that wings appeared separately in insects, birds and bats.</p> <figure class="article-image-inline" data-method="replace-inline-image"><img data-src="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=300" data-srcset="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=100 100w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=200 200w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=249 249w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=300 300w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=400 400w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=500 500w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=600 600w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=700 700w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=800 800w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=778 778w" loading="lazy" class="image lazyload" sizes="(min-width: 1130px) 778px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 352px), (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)" alt="New Scientist Default Image" width="1200" height="800" src="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=300" srcset="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=100 100w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=200 200w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=249 249w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=300 300w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=400 400w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=500 500w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=600 600w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=700 700w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=800 800w, https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07130406/g_consciousness.jpg?width=778 778w" pinger-seen="true"></figure>