The increase in brain size and intelligence across animal lineages, including bats, birds, whales, dolphins, and primate ancestors, was driven by the cognitive requirements of living in increasingly large and complex social groups.

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• Person: Not available Organization: The Long Now Foundation
  Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective

Sources

• Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective longnow.org The Long Now Foundation via serper

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• birds concept
• whales concept
• dolphins concept