Paleontological Tests: Human-like Intelligence is not a Convergent Feature of Evolution
Populations and Evolution
2007-11-13 v1
Abstract
We critically examine the evidence for the idea that encephalization quotients increase with time. We find that human-like intelligence is not a convergent feature of evolution. Implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.1751,
title = {Paleontological Tests: Human-like Intelligence is not a Convergent Feature of Evolution},
author = {Charles H. Lineweaver},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1751},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages, 6 figures, to be published in "From Fossils to Astrobiology" Edt J. Seckbach and M. Walsh, Springer 2008