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Human intelligence first evolved when our ancestors began co-operating to hunt for food and shelter | Daily Mail Online 30/05/2018, 13:24 Privacy Policy Feedback Wednesday, May 30th 2018 1PM 18°C 4PM 19°C 5-Day Forecast Home News U.S. Sport TV&Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Fashion Finder Latest Headlines Science Pictures Discounts Login Human intelligence first evolved to Site Web Enter your search help us work together: Ape-like ADVERTISEMENT ancestors boosted their brain size by co-operating to hunt for food and shelter Scientists found that our capacity to cooperate and our intelligence co-evolved Higher intelligence allowed larger groups to survive as they hunted bigger prey Co-operative behaviours also allowed more intelligent groups to flourish Experts at the University of Oxford came to their finding using computer models By HARRY PETTIT FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 00:01, 30 May 2018 | UPDATED: 10:00, 30 May 2018 2 View comments Human intelligence may have first evolved to help us work together, according to a new study. Research suggests that our ape-like ancestors boosted their brain size when they began to co-operate to hunt for food and shelter. Scientists said that the expanding intelligence of our ancestors in turn helped them better co-operate and take down larger prey, such as mammoths, that they could share with a bigger group. Scroll down for video Like +1 Daily Mail Daily Mail Follow Follow @DailyMail Daily Mail Follow Follow @dailymailtech Daily Mail Download our Download our iPhone app Android app Today's headlines Most Read Half way to space: Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceship blasts off on record 114,500ft test flight - 213,500ft... The rotor sail is set for a comeback: Strange spinning design first used in 1924 resurrected to power a... The robot chef that can flip 300 burgers a day: 'Flippy' returns to work at a Californian fast food chain... 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Amanda Holden... and angrily says he's 'crossed the line' These larger kills could have fed more people, meaning bigger groups could have been maintained even when many individuals weren't related. Richard Madeley SLAMS Roseanne Barr for using sleeping pills Scientists concluded that intelligence was key to the development of co-operative as an excuse for Twitter scandal... saying behaviours while our smarts also improved as a result of our working together in 'sedatives don't make larger groups. you a racist' Liam Gallagher The researchers, led by University of Oxford zoologist Dr Miguel dos Santos, wrote in daughter's Molly their paper: 'We find that cooperation and cognition can coevolve - cooperation Moorish, 21, displays her flair for fashion in initially evolves, favouring enhanced cognition, which favours enhanced grey mini dress at Dior cooperation, and stabilizes cooperation against a drop in relatedness.