timtyler comments on How inevitable was modern human civilization - data - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 21 August 2009 11:15:15AM 0 points [-]

Mosst animals make very little use of tools. The (highly brainy) Cetaceans don't seem to use them at all.

More important theories inculude the social brain hypothesis - and sexual selection.

Comment author: knb 22 August 2009 03:37:03AM 2 points [-]

Dolphins have been confirmed as tool-users. For example they are known to use sticks and kelp in mating displays and games.

Comment author: timtyler 22 August 2009 08:15:44AM *  1 point [-]