Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.
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With land-roaming animals, I've just read so much about the sophistication of their emotional lives and their intelligence and the way they process information that betrays a greater intelligence.
Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
Evolutionary psychologists suggest that humans experienced evolutionary benefits from brain developments that included aversion to loss and risk and from instincts for cooperation that helped strengthen communities.
From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading.
I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence.
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of the superior being trump those of the inferior.
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