lives4life

I myself believe in evolution, but sometimes I have to wonder about the evolution of humans. Intelligence-wise, yes, it would be an environmental or physical advantage, yet I don't understand how or why humans evolved mentally to this level. When learning - especially anything beyond high school, I can't understand why any species would need to know how to build anything more complicated than the tools used for manual labor. I understand, at the moment, that at a certain point, a social ladder of some sort evolved from working together. From there, intelligence would probably be attractive to absolutely ensure survival. I guess what I'm unsure about is this gap I have set in my mind: the gap between just having enough intelligence to have a slight edge against other animals and when intelligence became essential to survival. From my limited education regarding this, it was Cro-Magnons vs. the Neanderthals that would maybe instigate any mental evolution. Until I'm proven wrong by someone here, or until I crack a book open(HAHA), that will remain as my understanding of it.