Data on the Evolution of Intelligence.

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Further to what I said a few posts ago about there now being enough data to think about writing a book on how alien intelligence might evolve, here is an article about the evolution of intelligence in cetaceans. I would have predicted their findings, based on the theory that intelligence allows you to exploit complex niches that non-intelligent creatures cannot make use of. That alone would seem to be a driving force behind intelligence.