Why are humans so smart

[Bui]

Compared to other animals we have a special gift of higher thinking.

There is no way we evolved intelligence overtime, when other creatures are dumb asf.

 

[pqvyu]

humans are smart because of me

 

[cooldude1231]

We arent

 

[DavidLard]

once a species scratches the intelligence level required to produce fire, intelligence becomes exponentially more valuable. Intelligence is usually a trade-off because it improves the chance to survive but it requires more calories. Fire allows food to be cooked which makes it have more available calories.

 

[Bui]

once a species scratches the intelligence level required to produce fire, intelligence becomes exponentially more valuable. Intelligence is usually a trade-off because it improves the chance to survive but it requires more calories. Fire allows food to be cooked which makes it have more available calories.

how did we get the intelligence to know how to make fire in the first place? Our intelligence hasn’t changed we were still smart back then as today.

 

[DavidLard]

how did we get the intelligence to know how to make fire in the first place? Our intelligence hasn’t changed we were still smart back then as today.

i’m not talking about the first humans, i’m talking about the precursors to human which discovered fire. Our genus had the unique ability to throw things which made intelligence just valuable enough to discover fire.