Was They or Wasn't They?

Meandering With Neanderthals



Sometimes people wonder, regarding the emergence of "intelligence" - that is, the ability to read between the lines - whether it could have happened more than once. Others, of a more waggish turn of mind, wonder if it has emerged even once. But if we restrict ourselves to what is called the "practical intellect" the answer is of course it has, many times. The practical intellect involves nothing more than sensation of the particular, perception/imagination, emot...