Tag Archives: Human biology
The social intelligence hypothesis: It’s not where you live but who you live with…
Whilst there is lots of evidence to show that ecological conditions can provide strong selection pressures for increased cognitive abilities, they are not sufficient to explain the high intelligence observed in some of the cleverest species. Rainforests are home to … Continue reading
What is intelligence and how do we test for it?
It was over 2000 years ago that Plato and Aristotle first suggested the idea of a ‘great chain of being’ (also known as ‘scala naturae’), a hierarchy of all of gods creations, with minerals and plants near the bottom, animals … Continue reading
Tool use and innovation
‘On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck … Continue reading
Posted in Animal behaviour, Biology, Evolution, Human evolution, Uncategorized, Zoology
Tagged Biology, chimps, crows, Evolution, Human biology, Human evolution, science, tool use, tools, Zoology
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How are we different?
When Darwin first put forward his theory of Natural Selection there was general outcry, not so much at the theory itself, but at the suggestion that humans were related to, and descended from, apes. Most Victorians after all, believed that … Continue reading
Posted in Animal behaviour, Biology, Evolution, Human evolution, Zoology
Tagged Biology, Evolution, Human biology, Human evolution, science, theory of natural selection, Zoology
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