The Human-Animal, Evolution and Non-Human Intelligence

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Zarra: Humans are animals too.


Vlad: Yes yes yes but when I say humans you know what I mean right?....how can I call men and women around here?


Zarra: Whatever you like. Males and females, men and woman, boys and girls, boars and sows, I couldn't care less.

And yeah, I get what you mean if you call other species animals, and exclude humans from that group, most people do. But I simply disagree with that. (And most others also disagree, but use these terms out of habit)



Jjay: I agree with Zar. The only reason we are "superior" is that evolution thought we deserved a break, and started to abuse our brains. Except for that,we're no different.


Zarra: And now evolution got bored with us and started abusing the brains of other species.


Vlad: like what species?


Zarra:
Topic about orangutan

Elephant paints an elephant
Elephants painting plants

Crows using a human city to their advantage


Vlad: You think an elephant from 100 yrs ago woulfny be able to this?


Zarra: A hundred years is not long enough for most evolution, especially not in species that take a long time to grow up and breed. But a elephant from a 1000 years back, no I don't think they could have done that.

But I'll open a new topic about evolution so we could continue this conversation.

And I did.

Grey parrot understands and speaks english

Other non-human animals that use human language

Logical thinking and problem solving

Abstract consepts

Mathematical Monkeys

Mourning Elephants

Another mourning group of Elephants