Re: Stone selection by wild chimpanzees shares patterns with Oldowan hominins

On 3.1.2025. 1:51, JTEM wrote:

On 1/2/25 7:18 AM, Mario Petrinovic wrote:
 

         BTW, humans have language. Each word is a symbol for something. This is your "symbolic thinking". And people developed this for many millions of years.

 No. Currently, as defined, humans  /Maybe/  go back about 3 million
years... 2.5 million... a little less.

3 million years ago Homo had tools while Australopithecus didn't have it. This points out that Homo had far better vocal communication that Australopithecus, because Homo got Australopithecus extinct in Australopithecus' territory.

Animals have some mental abilities humans can only dream to have.

 No.

Dogs remember path much better than humans (because this is how dogs hunt), while mouses understand labyrinth much better than humans (this is how they live). In accordance, the things humans do in everyday life they do better than other animals. Every animal has its own adaptations, the ability to adapt is not very much different in animals. Humans got lucky, because they evolved in environment which promotes vocal communication, our babies cry, so we evolved the ability to articulate sounds. This is our advantage, pure luck, not our "god-like" abilities.