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Originally Posted by Slartibartfas
I am really no expert on this, but a theory I have heard of is that the branch of the humans conquered the prairie habitat, while the ape branches stayed with the woods.
I am not sure if this is still the standard theory nowadays, but thats what we learned in school at least.
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They teach you guys in Europe a hell of a lot more then they teach us in the US. Then again here there is a lot of resistance to teaching evolution. I knew humans evolved on plains rather then the forest although I never really considered that a factor for why we are more intelligent. Given the predators that humans would have to compete against though I'm not surpised.