Can bipedal reptiles become as smart as humans?

It depends what you mean by 'bipedal reptile'. You see, technically the answer to your question is yes, because you and all other humans are reptiles. (If you really want to get technical, you're also a fish.) This, of course, is not what we were taught at school. read more

These include, among other things, theropod dinosaurs, which include birds, some of whom are about as smart as the smartest non-human mammals -- and in a tiny package! So if you count birds as dinosaurs and therefore reptiles (you probably should), the answer to your question is also yes. read more

The ancestors of our species evolved bipedalism millions of years before we evolved our intelligence Roughly speaking, those earliest truly humanoid ancestors looked like very short humans with monkey heads. So it appears that our intelligence evolved to exploit the opportunities presented by our hands. read more

It might seem like an absurd thought experiment – it’s certainly not possible – however, exploring the question can reveal intriguing (and depressing) truths about human nature, and our place as the planet’s dominant species. read more