Because we needed to keep a running tally of friends and foes to navigate thorny hierarchies and shifting alliances, we had to have brains that were up to the task (which is why this theory is also ...

When certain species of wild birds and primates discover new ways of finding food in the wild, it can serve to measure their flexibility and intelligence. In the largest experimental study ever ...

It’s one of the great paradoxes of evolution. Humans have demonstrated that having large brains are key to our evolutionary success, and yet such brains are extremely rare in other animals. Most get ...

“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. This discussion will offer a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ new book, What Is ...

This video explores how intelligence evolved through five major breakthroughs, from primitive nerve nets to human language and culture. It also examines what this evolutionary path reveals about ...

Whether by design or evolution, our genes aim to survive by being passed on to future generations. This intelligence traces our ancestors across millions of years. My book, Tenacity in Children (2021) ...