What two arguments does the author make as to why wheels may not be as advantageous for other animals as they are for human animals?
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| Lomas Barbudal | Palo Verde | |
|---|---|---|
| tap: tap against object using fingertips—probably checking fruit ripeness, presence of insects in wood—applied to Stemandia. | — | — |
| pound: hit object against fixed substrate—applied to Randia fruits. | H | H |
| pound: hit object against fixed substrate—applied to Cecropia fruits. | — | — |
Do animals have social intelligence?
That’s the gist of the social intelligence hypothesis, an idea that’s been around since 1966. They’ve found that most social species (from chimpanzees to social wasps) have relatively large brains and are cognitively sophisticated, adept at experiments designed to test their smarts.
What advantage do human have over animals?
Hand dexterity that allowed humans to create changes to their environment. This included cooking food and creating complex tools. Cooked food provided much more and better protein at less work. This meant that humans could spend their time on things other than chewing food.
Do animals have social constructs?
The way that animals are socially constructed influences how they are treated by human society: ‘cultural constructs determine the fate of animals’ as Lawrence (1994:182) puts it. These ‘cultural constructs’ are intimately bound up with language and discourse.
What is the evolutionary advantage of intelligence?
An evolutionary advantage is one that allows reproduction in the environment the creature finds itself in. There are 7+ billion Homo sapiens on earth, inhabiting every known terrestrial environment. That is possible because our intelligence allows us to solve for problems our other physical attributes don’t (e.g.
Why are some species more intelligent than others?
The success of a given species can result from several different reasons unrelated to “intelligence” per se, 1) lack of natural predators in their particular niche, 2) lack of species competing for resources, 3) an excessively high reproduction rate, and many others.
Do successful organisms have advanced intelligence?
True there are niche applications, but the vast majority of successful organisms have very limited intelligence. The fact that humans are the first species to evolve on this planet with such an “advanced” intelligence in three and a half billion years suggests that there are many more ways to become successful than be intelligent.
What is an evolutionary advantage of a species?
An evolutionary advantage is one that allows reproduction in the environment the creature finds itself in. There are 7+ billion Homo sapiens on earth, inhabiting every known terrestrial environment.