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Ever wonder how Homo sapiens got so smart? How come we developed actual language when all the other animals didn’t? How about what first made a nematode turn its body in a different direction? Or… ...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTELLIGENCE. By Max Bennett. Mariner Books. 432 pages. $35. Ever wonder how Homo sapiens got so smart? How come we developed actual language when all the other animals didn’t? How ...