Will animals become intelligent?
No animal has a chance… No animal will develop human-like intelligence if its circumstances don’t become similar to those that required our ancestors to develop bigger brains.
What the second most intelligent animal?
Dolphins
Dolphins are often cited as the second smartest animals on Earth due to their relatively high brain-to-body size ratio, the capacity to show emotion, and impressive mimicry of the dumb apes who research them.
What is the #1 smartest animal?
1: Chimpanzee Chimpanzees can learn sign language to communicate with humans. Topping our list of smartest animals is another great ape, the chimpanzee. The impressive intellectual abilities of this animal have long fascinated humans.
How did our ancestors look like chimps?
Nearly 4 million years later, our ancestors were still very ape-like. Lucy, a famous 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, had a small, chimp-sized brain and long arms that suggest her species still spent a lot of time up trees, perhaps retreating to the branches at night as chimps still do.
Did we evolve from Australopithecus afarensis?
Few now doubt that our genus evolved from a species of australopith, although exactly which one is a matter of debate. It was probably Lucy’s species Australopithecus afarensis, but a South African species, Australopithecus sediba, is also a candidate.
Did hominids evolve from australopith?
Only with the appearance of true humans – the genus Homo – did hominins begin to look and behave a little more like we do. Few now doubt that our genus evolved from a species of australopith, although exactly which one is a matter of debate.
What did Lucy the chimpanzee look like?
Lucy, a famous 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, had a small, chimp-sized brain and long arms that suggest her species still spent a lot of time up trees, perhaps retreating to the branches at night as chimps still do. But she did have one defining human trait: she walked on two legs.