Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi). Photo by Emanuele Biggi/naturepl.com Our human minds hold us back from truly understanding the many brilliant ways that other creatures solve their problems Abigail Desmond is a lecturer in human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. She holds a PhD in Palaeolithic archaeology from the University of Oxford, and her research focuses on the intersection of technology, biology and cognition, particularly in the human lineage. Michael Haslam is an archaeologist who studies the evolution of tool use in human and nonhuman animals. He works at the World Heritage Neolithic site of Skara Brae in Orkney, Scotland. … Continue reading What is intelligent life?