To: Modernman
At this time, though, there is no environmental pressure for, say, hippos to evolve a higher degree of intelligence. And if I wanted a smarter one, just what 'pressure' would have to BE applied?
635 posted on
08/19/2005 12:13:14 PM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: Elsie
And if I wanted a smarter one, just what 'pressure' would have to BE applied? An environment where food is scarce and can more readily be accessed through tool use might be one such pressure.
636 posted on
08/19/2005 12:15:17 PM PDT by
Modernman
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