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There’s a lot of fuzzy argumentation here. Hands undoubtedly make tool use easier, but simple tool use has been observed in corvids and dolphins, but there’s no
by pmiller2 8y ago
There’s a lot of fuzzy argumentation here. Hands undoubtedly make tool use easier, but simple tool use has been observed in corvids and dolphins, but there’s no sign of world domination by crows and aquatic mammals. Likewise, monkeys and non-human apes have hands and have been observed using tools, but they are certainly not human. Even raccoons have hands.
What makes us human is the combination of intelligence and tool use.
- about_help 8y agoThe more the brain is used the better it gets. I would look at this as a co-evolutionary trait. Hands help brain, brain helps hand. Without hands it would be hard for the brain to be useful. Maybe thats why octopuses are so smart, they can manipulate their environment.