At Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:02:06 -0700 lakewood at copper.net wrote: >What is the extra capability used for? > >My presumption is that it was used to learn and develop the means of >communicating, logical thought and >organizations (beneficial and adverse). Is this extra capacity needed?
I guess this is going off topic, but the most convincing explanation I have read is that the burgeoning advantage of a cortex capable of processing language fuelled an even stronger selection pressure: the need to detect deception. (!) See for example Rifkin's review here: <http://hcs.harvard.edu/~husn/BRAIN/vol2/Primate.html> ("Machiavellian intelligence") Regards to all, D. -- Dougie Carnall +44 (0) 7900 212 881 http://navarino.net:8080/blog - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
