Taken more seriously, having the evolutionary background to have:
- fine control over your limbs, like fingers
- 3D-thinking (throwing) and manipulation
- cooperation
another human-like civilization is pretty unlikely.
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kerrigan778@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A fairly small number of known species evolved to the vaguely humanoid form, but 100% of known species with a human level of higher intelligence have had roughly this body plan, it’s really not unreasonable to extrapolate that this could be a common body plan for intelligent aliens.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So the crabs don’t talk to you either
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Dolphins and whales might be intelligent, but their bodies do not allow them effective use of complex tools. Same for birds.
Octopods do have a body that is flexible enough, but having evolved in water is a huge limiting factor. But some are able to move around outside water, so it’s not too far fetched to imagine becoming a global species.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Octopods only live a few years though.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
So we’re back to square one. We got a serious luck of the draw with the whole package.
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 weeks ago
My cat. Seriously, stop looking at my lazer pointer and start chasing that freaking dot wtf. I swear sometime she chase it just to entertain me, else i’ll be standing there waving like a total idiot.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of those animals have human levels of intelligence except for the humans. When was the last time you saw an orca use calculus to solve the mysteries of the universe, or antibiotics to cure their sickness? They’re smart, but they’re nowhere near as smart as humans.