Quote Originally Posted by Stemis516
how come no other animals or species have evolved into intelligent beings? did we just get lucky?


i humans havent touched every inch of this planent by any means....ud think that some other being would evolve and become intelligent and possibly challenge us
Actually, there are other animal species that exhibit great intelligence. Whales and dolphins are among the best examples. The only reason that they haven't advanced technologically is because they have had no evolutionary need to do so (and because they don't have opposable thumbs). But they have relatively complex language and behaviors.

Elephants are another example. They, too, have a complex language, communicating through low-frequency infrasound that can't be picked up by human ears. They have been shown to exhibit many emotions including joy, fear, and even grief and mourning over the death of family members (which would implicate that they also experience love). Other primates, specifically the great apes, have shown such signs of intelligence, as well.

To say that humans are the only intelligent beings on this planet seems a bit egocentric, IMO.