How did intelligent life got so advanced on land (humans) than in the oceans considering how the ocean is the greater part of the world and has much more diversity in it?

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How did intelligent life got so advanced on land (humans) than in the oceans considering how the ocean is the greater part of the world and has much more diversity in it?

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a big part of human advancement was the gigantic calorie surplus that came as a result of cooking food and farming. we had enough calories to afford to grow larger, more complex brains. cooking and farming are pretty firmly on-land activities, so it follows that the first (and as of yet only) species to progress to our level of intelligence min-maxing is the one in the right on-land environment with the right amount of tool use.

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