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“Natural selection acts solely by the preservation and accumulation of small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being.”
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
Evolution
Evolution is not about desire, nor is it a contest of strength, or intellect. It’s about reproductive success. The individuals, and species, that possess traits best suited for the current environment are more likely to survive, and to pass on those traits. Over millennia, these traits accumulate, leading to races, sub-species, and eventually separate species unable to interbreed.
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What is the IQ of a chimpanzee?
- What animals ask questions?
- Only humans.
Intelligence
Chimpanzee IQ is tricky to pin down because IQ tests are designed for humans, but we can estimate their intelligence with the Encephalization Quotient (EQ). A typical chimp has an EQ of around 2.35, translating to a human IQ of 35 to 40. While it’s fun to speculate, it’s important to remember that chimps don’t think like us—they don’t ask questions or reason abstractly.
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History
TST Evolution Timeline: Insects & Arthropods
Insect Evolution
Insects < Evolution
03 Mar 2026
(Updated 7 hours ago)
History
TST Evolution Timeline: Reptiles
Reptiles < Evolution
03 Mar 2026
(Updated 7 hours ago)
Science
Story
Proceratosaurus (T.Rex ancestor)
Dinosaur Evolution
Proceratosaurus had the same general tyrannosaur-style look: a big head, long tail, strong hind legs, short forelimbs, and a built-for-biting predator shape: D-shaped front teeth and a crest on top of the skull.
03 Mar 2026
(Updated 8 hours ago)
Evolution
The Ever-Changing Tree of Life!
From space dust to sapiens and beyond.
The process by which new species arise is well-understood, the evidence compelling and conclusive, our knowledge complete. We can read the fossil record like a book and on these pages we see changes gradually accumulate over millennia.
Aricle Series
Multi-Part Reads
Understanding Ancient Humans
Ancient humans were not dim, half-formed people waiting for intelligence to arrive. They were real humans on a long evolutionary journey, shaped by both biology and culture, and far more capable than older stories once suggested.
Understanding Evolution
Evolution is the story of how life changes over time through variation, selection, and inheritance, shaping everything from single-celled organisms to human minds, culture, and civilization.
Deep-Dive Articles
Holistic Paleolithic Framework: A New Look at Prehistory
A new look at dividing up the paleolithic era switches from lower, middle, and upper to Stone, Fire, Cultural, Symbolic, Cognitive, and prehistory ending specifically at 4,000 BCE.
The Evolution of Vocabulary in Ancient Humans
The evolution of language is the evolution of communication. From touch which evolved about 800 million years ago to human words. Along the journey, communication included things like gestures, postures, and grunts.
The Evolution of Vocabulary in Ancient Humans
The evolution of language is the evolution of communication. From touch which evolved about 800 million years ago to human words. Along the journey, communication ...
Dawn of Humanity: Sapiens in Their First Millennia
Using fossils spread across Africa and beyond, this is the story of our first 1,000 years featuring our unique pioneering spirit.
Human Extinction: A New Look From Homo habilis to the Neanderthals
Human extinction is not the story of one straight line leading neatly to us. It is the story of many ancient human species living at ...
Must-Reads
Ancient Humans
The Evolution of Vocabulary in Ancient Humans
The evolution of language is the evolution of communication. From touch which evolved about 800 million years ago to human words. Along the journey, communication ...
Ancient Humans
Neanderthal Clue: Reassessing Intelligence Beyond Human Bias
Neanderthals were not dim, brutish failures of human evolution. Growing evidence shows they were intelligent ancient humans with symbolic thought, culture, and abilities that challenge ...
Animals
Cultural Transmission: The Sharing of Knowledge from Crows to Libraries
Cultural transmission is the passing of learned behavior, knowledge, and traditions from one generation to the next in all animals.
New Ideas
Ancient Humans
Holistic Paleolithic Framework: A New Look at Prehistory
A new look at dividing up the paleolithic era switches from lower, middle, and upper to Stone, Fire, Cultural, Symbolic, Cognitive, and prehistory ending specifically ...
Ancient Humans
EQ: The Real Story of Ancient Human Brains
Ancient human brains evolved gradually over millions of years, with important bursts of change, producing minds that were often far more capable than traditional stories ...
Ancient Humans
Hominin Census: A Speculative Journey to 700,000 and 300,000 BCE
Estimates of ancient human populations can be misleading when they lean too heavily on DNA ancestry alone, because DNA traces direct surviving lines, not the ...
Updated Articles
Ancient Humans | H1-Prehistory | Stereotypes
Neanderthal Clue: Reassessing Intelligence Beyond Human Bias
Ancient Humans
Neanderthals were not dim, brutish failures of human evolution. Growing evidence shows they were intelligent ancient humans with symbolic thought, culture, and abilities that challenge long-standing human-centered bias.
Sun 31 Mar 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 1 week ago.
Ancient Humans | H1-Prehistory
Human Extinction: A New Look From Homo habilis to the Neanderthals
Ancient Humans
Human extinction is not the story of one straight line leading neatly to us. It is the story of many ancient human species living at different times, sometimes side by side, with most eventually disappearing while one lineage survived and spread.
Sun 5 May 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 1 week ago.
Ancient Humans
Hominin Census: A Speculative Journey to 700,000 and 300,000 BCE
Human Evolution
Estimates of ancient human populations can be misleading when they lean too heavily on DNA ancestry alone, because DNA traces direct surviving lines, not the full populations and branches that once existed.
Wed 24 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 1 week ago.
All Evolution Timelines
March to Consciousness: The Soul Timeline
Animal consciousness is the combination of cognition and sensory input, with human consciousness being the most advanced on Earth.
