Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
Abstract thinking and complex reasoning rewards regardless of which environment you are adapted to. It's simply about understanding your surroundings.
That works for you. It does not work for the mollusc, which is fantastically adapted to its demanding environment.


The Neanderthaler had bigger brains than us. Perhaps, he was smarter too. And physically more robust to boot. What he lacked, some theorise, was simply verbal cognitive capacity. So he might have lost out to people who were less intelligent than him, but still more fit.