Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

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Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

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Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.

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Where are these supposedly intelligent mammals now, then?
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  Is the intelligent mammal in the room with you now?
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  👀 apparently they’re all extinct.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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