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Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?

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The Burst of Intelligence

This seems to be what, if anything, explains human intelligence and certainly the burst of intelligence that happened 30 to 60,000 years ago. So our brains are plastic. They can be molded and shaped, kind of like in the rhinoplasty sense of the word. And it's those connections that forms the basis of intellect. Yeah. If all of a sudden you have a brain that can figure something out, you do it so much quicker. Right.

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