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2007-09-21 05:44:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
wtf?11 why do ppl answer this question if they don't no the answer that's just stupid
2007-09-22 00:45:26 · update #1
no there is no reason for it why what use would getting smarter be to there evolution
2007-09-26 05:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First: Humans are animals too.
I think it would be pretty hard for another species to become smarter than humans at this moment, because it takes a few million years, and -if humans are existant- they won't come by unnoticed by humans. So, for another species to become smarter than humans humans would have to die out. That of course can (and will) happen someday, but nobody knows when (between now and 6 billion years, at least on Earth).
On other planets (outside our solar system) there probably are animals that are smarter than us right now (but the chances that we will ever know them are not that great).
2007-09-21 13:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by Steven Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. If increased intelligence favoured survival of a species then with time that species could evolve more intelligent. At the same time there would have to be no environmental pressure for humans to become more intelligent, or, to speed things up, environmental pressure that makes stupidity a survival trait. (Actually there's probably a good case for that)
next part of the question - "and if so when?" Well, as you know, in evolutionary terms we have to be tens of thousands of years before any convergance became apparant, hundreds of thousands even.
2007-09-21 12:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most animals are smarter than people now. You don't see them destroying the planet like we are. You do not see them indulge in drugs, food and drink the way we do. You don't see evil in animals, you can find plenty of it people. Are they smarter, oh yes...and then some.
2007-09-21 17:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by teacupn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are already a lot of animals that are smarter than we are. We just don't know it because we don't speak the same language.
2007-09-21 13:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by emerald_wang85 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in approximately 8 days dolphins will be smarter than humans and will prepare to conquer the world.
They will learn to speak Russian and construct weapons of mass destruction greater than those created by Kim Jong Il.
2007-09-21 12:53:52 · answer #6 · answered by sexc_n_h0rny_now 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i really don't know but if we are monkeys who are changed to humans maybe then that means that some more animals are going to change BUT we don't know to what and if u want to find when do a research how long did we take to change from monkeys to human then put some more years and there is the answer.
2007-09-21 12:53:49 · answer #7 · answered by yung prince 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they will be. humans have become complacent, we are like the rabbit in the race, slowly some animals( chimps and cows are the ones to watch out) are getting ahead in the race, it will take a few centuries.
2007-09-21 12:55:19 · answer #8 · answered by tony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way things are going probably by April of next year!
2007-09-21 12:56:53 · answer #9 · answered by alex s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have been around much longer. They do not lay they own kind to waste in great multitudes in greed or for sport. They do not destroy their planet.
Their Human brothers kill theiir own kind and other kinds in greed and for sport.
Which one seems smater?
2007-09-21 14:16:35 · answer #10 · answered by LeBlanc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋