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Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?

Stuff You Should Know

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Chimpan a to Chimpa Z - Is That a Good Idea?

Humans and chimps split off from a shared ancestor about six to eight million years ago. That really kicked off a long line of evolution, where intelligence started to develop fairly early on. And then over time, it kind of picked up speed. There was what's called a big bang of human culture around the upper paleolithic period.

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