Re:Saturn moon 'able to support life'
by Baeocystin on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:10PM
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Human tribes in the rainforest have levels of social sophistication, technology, and manipulation of their local environment that outstrips any other animal. It's not close.
Look at the recent discoveries in the Amazon basin. Layers of dirt thousands of years old, still filled with the charcoal used to improve soil quality. Species of plants that were clearly selected for over time. The list goes on.
Agriculture, written language, metal smelting, universities, space shuttles, nuclear bombs, radio, computers, etc.
It was obvious to me that we're in a whole other category from other species. But then I thought about human tribes in the rain forest that don't have any of those. Are they not as intelligent us? But they are us... Hm, well you've made me think. Thanks!