Did complex landscapes make land animals smart?

Did complex landscapes make land animals smart?

The patchy landscape of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Credit: Tim Copeland

When it comes to superpowers, humans have dreamed up everything from super strength and X-ray vision to body morphing, shape shifting, and spinning giant spiderwebs.

Planning ability might not sound quite as sexy, but according to Malcolm MacIver, from Northwestern University, US, it’s our species’ true superpower.

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Published by Cosmos.

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