For Matt: Corvids are amazing (Introduction)

by xeno6696 @, Sonoran Desert, Saturday, July 02, 2011, 15:44 (4675 days ago) @ David Turell

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-bird-brained-clever-crows-recognise.html
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> > I knew Crows could at least differentiate between the numbers 1-4 and do some addition as well. I didn't have any idea they recognized faces. This is a great article, and it brings to mind another question. 
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> > Has anyone explored the idea of self-directed evolution as an explanation for Man's rapid advance? Lets not also forget that we used not have the same care for human life--Sparta comes to mind with its practice of infanticide. 
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> I've said all along that DNA, from the beginning, is directed toward humans.-You missed my point...-I'm asking that at a point where man reaches an appreciable level of sentience, we took control of our own destiny. Both by accident (moving to northern climes) and on purpose (Sparta). -I think it would be equally fair to say that we are only a stepping stone to something greater. I see no reason to assume Man is the "end" of evolution. It's entirely possible that Man isn't the end goal at all. Anthropomorphic thinking.

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