Why didn't other species evolve intelectually like we did?

Ok, here...
It's too much to explain it all, but if you REALLY want to know how evolution works.. there is a great video series on Youtube. Just search for "Dawkins Christmas Lectures".
I wish I had seen them when I was a kid. Evolution makes perfect sense to those that understand how it actually works. Many people haven't had it explained to them correctly.

Any as to why other species didn't evolve like we did, it's because evolution isn't a scheduled structured organized upward thing. Our ancestors got VERY lucky and had a very very slight mutation that allowed them to pass one their genes more successfully that others that didn't have that mutation. Evolution usually happens fairly laterally and not upward. Look at Blue Jays, Cardinals, Doves, etc. None are "better" than the others, but they have all evolved from a common ancestor into different and distinct species.

Here is a link for those that actually want to know about evolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8xFaNGzgTQ&list=PLBD8AF69ABF37D945
Feel free to skip ahead, but he starts at the very basics and works up, so you really don't want to miss any of it.

Marktell2012 said:

According to an article on the Huffingtonpost, human brain size exploded, more specifically became more dense with neurons, when we started to cook our food. However, even that idea is debated for one obvious reason. Does it not take a brain to cook food? Researchers say that a human would have had to eat 9 times the amount of food if it was not cooked in order to gain the proper nutrients to support our dense brains.

It's also believed that humanity almost went extinct 70,000 years ago. I am sure during that time, the weaker less intelligent members of the species were easily killed off.

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Pretty sure eating organic fruit and veggies trump steaks.

Aww come on... don't let me kill this thread too. Somebody post something.

NietzscheKeen said:

Aww come on... don't let me kill this thread too. Somebody post something.

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I must know. Do bad cats go to doggie heaven?

Chartreuse Spruce said:

I'll tell you how...really big fallen angels had sex with the upright creature women that lived at that time. They weren't supposed to but they couldn't help it. They were very big and very smart and could have sex with the girl beast of their choice. These beasts were not intelligent but were still family oriented and could love and feel. So their super human angel gene mixed with the beast gene and after a billion years of evolution wallah, here we are.

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"got into their genes"? ~unhinged cackle~ cn

NietzscheKeen said:

Aww come on... don't let me kill this thread too. Somebody post something.

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Did you know that the concept of the Holy Trinity was adapted by theologians in the 175-250 c.e. to convert Pagans from the Osiris trinity of ancient Egypt?These Pagans at the time would be familiar with the Egyption mythos,and it had to be used in a new light to convert them.

Father=Osiris
Mother=Isis
Son=Horus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris_myth (Osiris resurrection mythos)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Ghost

Osiris Isis Horus Holy Triad (Tools of Trinity Conversion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH_xD9cMDzA

I've posted this in other threads, but it's worth posting it again. There's a great three part Nova series entitled 'Becoming Human' that's fast paced and full of cool CGI. The series attempts to answer the OP's question of why humans evolved intellectually beyond other life forms. I just found this great YT video that has all three full episodes together. I highly suggest anyone who wants to know more about human evolution watch this series, it's totally worth the 2 1/2 hours. Just watch the first 2 minute intro and you'll be hooked...


<br>[video=youtube;qc3QIk__aJw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc3QIk__aJw[/video]