EdGrenda@aol.com wrote:
> But I can't think of one for advanced language,
Human language isn't a human invention. Ever since Chomsky we've known
that linguistic deep structure is evolutionarily hard-wired into us, so
that's one to chalk up on the other side.
writing,
Scent marking - Lots of animals can tell a great deal of stuff from
scent signals deliberately left by others.
Bee dancing.
art,
Bower bird's nests. And - at a deeper level - virtually every
sexually-selected extravagant visual appearance.
water heaters
Termites construct exquisite heating, ventilating and humidity-control
systems for their nests of far greater complexity and sophistication
than any human building-services engineer can manage.
computers,
Err - brains?
radio
Almost every animal broadcasts to others in some way or other. Try
whale song for seriously long range...
Google
Back to brains again - this isn't an authoritative example, but I'd be
prepared to wager that some parts of many animals'
information-organizing systems (including our own) work pretty much like
the PageRank algorithm.
Best wishes
Adrian
Dr Adrian Bowyer
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensab
http://reprap.org
Received on Wed Jan 06 22:11:02 2010
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