[RobbyS]

One chapter would include what Pascal did on conic sections when he was age 15. One thing that everyone relies on is how the material world seems to match our mathematical models. Indeed that insight is where modern science begins. Whether the mathematics originates with us, or we simply recognize patterns inherent in the material world the human being has to be taken as sui generis. The “thinking” of animals is perhaps no more than anthropmorphism, hardly different from the product of the Disney Studios.

[stormer]

What then, do you make of animals that craft their own technologies? If we refer back to the original post and the discussion of toolmaking, the questions are regarding the makers. If as you infer, only humans have this capacity, then the makers are human (albeit less evolved), if you don't believe they are human or that human evolution is a reality, then animals are developing technology (using science). Certainly not Disney anthropomorphism.