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#892 Philip Ball - The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings

The Dissenter

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Evolution of Human Intelligence

The chapter explores different hypotheses, including social ability, sexual selection, and cultural evolution, to explain the evolution of human intelligence and cognitive capacities. It raises questions about the extraordinary amount of cognitive abilities humans possess and explores the possibility of these abilities being a result of sexual selection or the increasing importance of culture in shaping our minds.

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