If not, whats so special about humans? Don't say intelligence, dolphins, elephants, and gorillas are extremely smart!
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Wondering .. if these intelligent people answering "no" in here to this question would say the same thing for some human born totally brain-dead .. destined to live a life on a respirator?\n\nall this know-it-all-stuff is so confusing!\n\nI think if there were a heaven .. silly thought I know .. at the front gate there should be picketers .. with signs: No Dogs? No WAY!, "BOYCOTT ST Peter" .. "PETA Hates Jesus" and such.
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The chimpanzee became "so intelligent" the same way humans did; isolated populations of chimps devised ways of dominating their environment, and by selective "partitioning" of the smarter population eventually separated themselves from their ancestors (a group of earlier apes that you and I have in common with the chimps).\n\nSharks have not evolved to be any smarter because they began with less raw material.  A shark is a fish.  What do they teach in school these days?  It is not impossible that in a few million years, sharks will evolve into something smarter, but it is unlikely because something is already dominating that opportunity.
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Great question, Sassy!  ( And, I'd just like to add that You're a Gorgeous Woman! Wooow!!! )\n\nYou "would" think that apes & gorillas could reproduce simple voice words...but, they cannot.  However, they do understand human words & visual symbols...They certainly understand the meaning of various vocal sounds between one another...Maybe the missing 2 chromosomes are essential for speech? )\n\nBirds that "talk" are just imitating/mimicking phrases that are repeated to them over-and-over again.
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That depends upon the definition of 'intelligence' and there is not just one. People tend to identify human-like behaviors with intelligence, but what is it? Learning ability? Tool use? Self-consciousness?\nI don't know.\n\nSo that's my non-view on the subject, as a biologist.
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Because animals don't have to accomplish as many tasks, so they can specialize on a few specific tasks and learn to perfect them. Humans take on a greater number of tasks, most of which are highly complex, so they can't specialize as easily.
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Humans invented computers. So humans are best
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I, for one, find intelligence basically *the* hottest aspect to person.  People who are knowledgable, open-minded, know how to effectively communicate their ideas, can actually spell and write correctly, who read and like to discuss topics and debate- they call to me.\n\nI actually found out that there's a term for it- sapiosexual, I think.  Interesting, huh?
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The relationship you refer to works quite well BETWEEN species. However all humans belong to the same species, so it is totally invalid to attempt to apply it.\n\nWithin species there is no evidence that such a relationship applies. If it did then newborn infants would be far smarter than adults since their brains are over twice as large as ours relative to their body weight.\n\nWe can't even work out what intelligence IS, nor how to measure it. We certainly don't have a clue what determines intelligence.
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sure; just look at monkeys or chimps.  they might need to be trained, but if enough work and research was put into it, it could be possible.
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Humans are animals, biologically. \n\n1. We reproduce.\n2. We must eat.\n3. We must drink.\n4. We must breathe.\n5. We think.\n6. We die.\n7. Subject to animal instincts.\n\nWe are mammals.\n\n1. Females of our species lactate.\n2. We have hair/fur.\n3. We are warm-blooded.\n4. We give birth to live young (exception: monotremes)\n5. Four limbs (exception: whales and dolphins)\n\nWe are primates.\n\n1. Opposable thumbs.\n2. Eyes in front of head.\n3. Binocular vision.\n4. Large brains.\n\nWe are hominids.\n\n1. Bipedal movement.\n2. Upright movement.\n3. Color-vision.\n4. Different arrangement of limbs.\n5. Larger brain.\n\nWe are human.\n1. Emotion\n2. Civilization\n3. Conscience\n4. Choose between Right and Wrong\n5. Urge to know about our world\n6. Intelligence\n7. Ability to reason\n\n....and we where clothes LOL\n\n\nDespite all religious claims, Humans are animals (mammals specifically). We are not inherently superior--that is arrogant. And we are still subject to animal emotions, animal subjects, and animal instincts. However, we are more advanced than other animals, emotionally and mentally.
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I agree, you even see this in animal behaviour. Animals like elephants take care of their young and only kill when in danger, or when they feel danger. Elephants normally don't kill humans but because of lots of poachers, they do now. Elephant’s memories are apparently very good. We are of course much more evolved than elephants.
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I beg to differ with andyman_69. Other animals use tools. Other animals have languages. What is interesting is that so far, humans have not had much luck at deciphering their languages and have had more success at teaching them ours, either sign language or recently, to even use typewritten words displayed on a computer screen to communicate. \n\nOn top of this, there are many other behaviors that we share in common with our closest animal relatives. More than we would care to admit, I suspect. Then there is the remarkable genetic evidence that is slowly becoming more and more impressive. \n\nIt is all extremely interesting. What interests me more, is, what is consciousness? Do only humans have it? Or only a small number of other species?\n\nAnd if that is so, why? \n\nIf God did it, how? \n\nAnd I am not just referring to biblical references, but hard data and evidence that we can test in the laboratory.
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Scared and gullible? No, they really are more stupid than the average person. There have been many studies aimed at establishing a link between 'religiosity' and intelligence and almost all of them find that the smarter a person is the less religious he is. The results are summarised in this article with links to the data used.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence\n\nAs further evidence, note especially the christian response in the article, which can be summarised "Yes we are idiots, but that is part of gods plan."
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FYI  Answer one is absolute garbage, totally fictitious rubbish.  In fact this answer is a scam answer probably set up by yourself.  It would not be possible to provide this answer in that time so unless the chap has been waiting for someone like you to post this question for ever and just happened to be there when you did in order to post first, then he is you.  How stupid do you think we really are.\n\nAnswers 2 & 4 have it right.  We did not evolve from monkeys and apes, we share a common ancestor.  It would actually have been as equally valid or stupid a question to say, "If monkeys and apes evolved from humans, how come there are still humans.  To believe humans are superior in anything other than their intellect takes the arrogance of religous belief or "faith".
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We very well could be. But we have no way of knowing how clever we are, or aren't, as we only have ourselves to measure against.\n\nHaving said that, most scientists think that actually, we're pretty clever, and most of the workings of the universe are not beyond our comprehension.
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What is your definition of smart? Smarter than what? A rock? Amoeba?\nAbility to make controlled sounds that could be used in oral communication? Dolphins.\nAbility to manipulate the environment with one's extremities? Chimps.\nSocial behaviour? It's a draw.\nKilling of members of the same species? A draw again.\nAbility to change the environment, produce artifacts and a lot of rubbish. Neither. \n\nIt all depends on your questions.
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No because Tarzan is a smart guy and has tested this before with his apes. Everything came out ok.