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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A fairly small number of known species evolved to the vaguely humanoid form, but 100% of known species with a human level of higher intelligence have had roughly this body plan, it's really not unreasonable to extrapolate that this could be a common body plan for intelligent aliens.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Taken more seriously, having the evolutionary background to have:

  • fine control over your limbs, like fingers
  • 3D-thinking (throwing) and manipulation
  • cooperation

another human-like civilization is pretty unlikely.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

So the crabs don't talk to you either