What makes us smart?

"How did humans become clever enough to live in nearly every major ecosystem on earth, create vaccines against deadly plagues, explore the oceans depths, and routinely traverse the globe at 30,000 feet in aluminum tubes while nibbling on roasted almonds? ...human brilliance emerges not from our innate brainpower or raw computational capacities, but from the sharing of information in communities and networks over generations. "
#cooperation

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tops.12656