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A. JoshiArtificial Intelligence and Human Evolutionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9807-7_4

4. Human Intelligence

Ameet Joshi1  
(1)
REDMOND, WA, USA
 

From the surging grasslands of Africa to the expansive stretch of our modern cities, the story of life is far broader in scope than just biological evolution. The adaptation of species by interacting with the environment and other species has led to an evolution in their body structure as well as the way they process information. As the Earth underwent countless transformations, the forces of nature meticulously sculpted our ancestors, guiding them from the primordial soup to bipedalism, from the basic instincts ...

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