Can other species become intelligent?

No animal has a chance… No animal will develop human-like intelligence if its circumstances don’t become similar to those that required our ancestors to develop bigger brains.

What species is closest to human intelligence?

Chimps
Chimps are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, so it’s unsurprising they display intelligence similar to that of humans. Chimps fashion spears and other tools, display a wide range of emotions, and recognize themselves in a mirror. Chimps can learn sign language to communicate with humans.

Are humans the only species that truly can be called intelligent?

Humans May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe, If Evolution Has Anything to Say. Our evolutionary history shows that many key adaptations — not just intelligence, but complex animals, complex cells, photosynthesis, and life itself — were unique, one-off events, and therefore highly improbable.

Which animal is the wisest?

CHIMPANZEES. RECKONED to be the most-intelligent animals on the planet, chimps can manipulate the environment and their surroundings to help themselves and their community. They can work out how to use things as tools to get things done faster, and they have outsmarted people many a time.

What makes human intelligent?

human intelligence, mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one’s environment.

Are humans the most intelligent species on Earth?

The fact that humans are the first species to evolve on this planet with such an “advanced” intelligence in three and a half billion years suggests that there are many more ways to become successful than be intelligent. The next century or so will show if intelligence is actually all that effective for long term survival.

Do successful organisms have advanced intelligence?

True there are niche applications, but the vast majority of successful organisms have very limited intelligence. The fact that humans are the first species to evolve on this planet with such an “advanced” intelligence in three and a half billion years suggests that there are many more ways to become successful than be intelligent.

What are some animals that have evolved intelligence?

By that measure, cockroaches, crocodiles, sharks, etc. would all have evolved intelligence. Looking at the other answers here I see that everyone is missing the essential characteristic of evolution. Humans did not evolve intelligence because they wanted to or had big brains or hands or whatever.

Are humans smarter than other animals?

Humans are smarter than chimps, and chimps are smarter than dogs, and dogs are smarter than mice, and mice are smarter than starfish. Humans happen to be an extreme on the scale of intelligence, when compared to other species. But we are not the only extreme species.