In fact, their bodies are possibly so optimized for their current hunting strategy that higher intelligence might only trip them up.
It is much more likely that intelligence beyond this point simply costs too much relative to the benefit. Brains use a lot of energy.
True. Can’t ignore the fact that as far as we know hominids are the only animals that figured out fire, which is essentially a multiplier on the available nutrients we could access from a given unit of food.
It is much more likely that intelligence beyond this point simply costs too much relative to the benefit. Brains use a lot of energy.
True. Can’t ignore the fact that as far as we know hominids are the only animals that figured out fire, which is essentially a multiplier on the available nutrients we could access from a given unit of food.