If evolution is true then why are there no other intelligent animals?

[DonnieBrahsco]

wow. fun fact 2343408: science has found 300,000 yr old human dna recently

There have actually been a lot of archaeological discoveries that strongly suggest human antiquity

Some of them actually suggest we've been here, in our current form, for 10s of millions of years

[Rockchalk0420]

remember when dolphins made this?

[img]http://www.askamathematician.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cern.jpg[img]

Humans can manifest thought into reality. That is what separates us from the rest. Dolphins are quite smart though. We've recently discovered that they have their own language, and someday we might be able to talk to them once we can decipher it. Wrap your f*cking head around that! Animals are quite smart bro.

[Taikun]

Evolution is just adaptation to environment. Evolution does not have an end goal, especially not one that involves producing an intelligent life form.

[themonkay]

http://imgur.com/MWFZZVx

[NotANun21]

The Japanese keep killing them all

[Kleurplaat]

lol @ thinking humans are the pinnacle of evolution. it only seems like that because value the things we're good at and then when we reflect on ourselves we think 'oh wow we're so good at all the important things'.

FYI ants for example are styling all over us. do you have any idea how many fuarking ants there are in the world? Blue whales weigh over a 1000 times as much as humans. Cheetahs outrun us easily. If these organisms would hypothetically look at the human race, they would think they are better than we are.

edit: most animals would probably think we are fuarking retarded for spending so goddamn much time and money making something like the LHC btw

[hofosho123]

dolphins made atlantis, so quit being a dik, OP

[Cfitz717]

maybe because that's the way humans evovled. (srs)
brb not as fast as cheetahs.
brb can't pick up vibrations underwater like fish
brb can't fly
but we have big brains

^ not being cheeky kent btw. (when i read it over it sounded sarcy.)

I can do all those things and also am able to tell if someone is a ******* based off their deep bone thrmobotic bone narcolepsy structure

[chevy72blu]

in on potato thread

for the same reason we don't have claws, shells, poison, wings, sharp teeth(a few canines dont count), gorilla muscle, etc.

you gotta realize that evolution doesnt explore all possibilities, it just sticks with what works. Otherwise animals could have every imaginable super power.
Brb squirrels breathing fire, no thanks jeff

lost it

[DidNotReadL0L]

There are. Chimps, gorillas use tools. Very simplistic tools but they use logic reasoning just like we do. and Dolphins and elephants are also very intelligent. Not that being intelligent is any proof of evolution. Evolution works via natural selection. Desirable/beneficial traits are passed on because of sexual selection.

[Ultimate Genetics]

Large brains are extremely demanding in terms of resources. Our brains consume e.40% of our daily calories. From an evolutionary standpoint, to invest in an organ that expensive is very big gamble. What's more, some animals ARE almost as intelligent as humans. Dolphins are a good example, they may be more human like than you think. When a human sees an animal in distress, we usually want to help that animal. Dolphins have been known to save humans who are drowning. Perhaps the reason they do not build civilizations like we do is because they lack prehensile hands.

That picture is not entirely representative of what happened. And there were tons of hominids that lived side by side for ages. We just happen to be the last of the hominids.

There have actually been a lot of archaeological discoveries that strongly suggest human antiquity

Some of them actually suggest we've been here, in our current form, for 10s of millions of years

Thanks for the sources.

[dewinthangs]

I can't believe what a retarded thread you made OP. Do you really think animals are dumb? Do you even understand the amazing process that it has taken the human race to get to this level of "intelligence" that you see today?

Part of it is that we are excellent communicators, because even an animal with high mental capacity cannot effectively pass that knowledge along to other without the correct form of communication (something primates are very good at). Because of this adaptation, we have been able to learn from the mistakes of those before as well as their advancements.

If you think that your personal intelligence would shine through in a situation where you did not have most of the things you know handed to you through various channels then you're quite delusional. You're just a large hairless ape that happens to live in a society that has worked most of your big problems out for you.

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" -Isaac Newton

^don't forget why you're so "smart"

[ajn]

remember when dolphins made this?

remember when dolphins live in harmony and dont phuckin slaughter each other over stupid chit like religion?


lol at thinking humans are somehow the pinnacle of intelligence

[BruceBruce325]

There are. Chimps, gorillas use tools. Very simplistic tools but they use logic reasoning just like we do. and Dolphins and elephants are also very intelligent. Not that being intelligent is any proof of evolution. Evolution works via natural selection. Desirable/beneficial traits are passed on because of sexual selection.

you mean our retarded cousins that haven't caught up yet

[SiberianExpress]

Lol at 'if evolution is true'.

[comore07]

cuz humans stop evolution by killing everything and not allowing the evolution process to take it's course.

this is bull****. humans have been around for what 200,000 thousand years? billions of species have come and go for billions of years before we came on the scene.

[fullback52]

dolphins are smart, they can detect various things such as bombs, and mines.

dogs can detect drugs, bombs.

all animals can sense bad weather, and if you are sad.

we arent the only ones.

[DonnieBrahsco]

Thanks for the sources.

No problem, thanks for asking, bud

start here

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=human+antiquity

[SiberianExpress]

all animals can sense bad weather, and if you are sad.

Lol wut? Brb an ant can sense if i'm sad?

[Rockchalk0420]

wow. fun fact 2343408: science has found 300,000 yr old human dna recently

It's actually 400,000 years...

[hofosho123]

evolution is random, but those that evolve favorable traits that increase our chances of survival live to pass on their genes, thus keeping those traits alive.

"intelligence" is one feature humans evolved to better our chances of survival.

pistol shrimp evolved a hand cannon that compresses air, heating it close to the temp of the sun, to KO prey.

[Arnoldfan01]

remember when dolphins made this?

Lmao! Yeah dolphins.... Idiots keep getting trapped in tuna nets.

[wickedman]

lol @ thinking humans are the pinnacle of evolution. it only seems like that because value the things we're good at and then when we reflect on ourselves we think 'oh wow we're so good at all the important things'.

FYI ants for example are styling all over us. do you have any idea how many fuarking ants there are in the world? Blue whales weigh over a 1000 times as much as humans. Cheetahs outrun us easily. If these organisms would hypothetically look at the human race, they would think they are better than we are.

edit: most animals would probably think we are fuarking retarded for spending so goddamn much time and money making something like the LHC btw

They probably would... if they were intelligent enough to even be able to formulate the thought in the first place.

[_Ryan_]

you mean our retarded cousins that haven't caught up yet

Uh oh! Another intellectually absent post from BruceBruce325!

"...don't breed peasant."

[fullback52]

Lol wut? Brb an ant can sense if i'm sad?

I should have been more specific. dogs and cats can sense anger, distress, and bad weather

[S4V4NT]

I, for one, think dolphins are as smart, if not smarter, than humans

i for one am sick and tired of ppl giving animals credit, saying dolphins n pigs n chit are so smart.

if they are so smart then they'd be speaking phucking english right now. they haven't even evolved that far. (so smart amirite?)

[Chesso95]

Is HIV rolling around in sht, or can it kill your ass?

evolution /= being able to build a smart phone

[datderelowtes]

http://imgur.com/MWFZZVx

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[BusterMudd]

Dolphins have been known to save humans who are drowning. Perhaps the reason they do not build civilizations like we do is because they lack prehensile hands.

Apparently male dolphins do have another prehensile organ...

[SiberianExpress]

evolution is random, but those that evolve favorable traits that increase our chances of survival live to pass on their genes, thus keeping those traits alive.

"intelligence" is one feature humans evolved to better our chances of survival.

pistol shrimp evolved a hand cannon that compresses air, heating it close to the temp of the sun, to KO prey.

Fuking annoys me these ****ty documentaries. Brb supposed to be educational but adding dumb sound effects.

So what is any kid going to learn from that? There's a shrimp out there with a claw that makes gun noises?