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Your intelligent geko needs to reproduce

Intelligence is obtained in a species with mutations through evolution, not by making one single element livingindividual live longer (some turtles can live up to 200 years, more than any human does actually, and that doesn’t make the turtles more intelligent).
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The process works like this: If your gekogecko is a little more intelligent than the other gekosgeckos, and that is an advantage in their current ecosystem, then the intelligent gekogecko will have more chances to reproduce and distribute its “intelligent genoma”genome” to its brood, so the intelligence can evolve IF it is an advantage for the species. But the intelligence of that gekogecko will not raise just by living longer.

Your intelligent geko needs to reproduce

Intelligence is obtained in a species with mutations through evolution, not making one single element living longer (some turtles can live up to 200 years, more than any human does actually, and that doesn’t make the turtles more intelligent).
The process works like this: If your geko is a little more intelligent than the other gekos, and that is an advantage in their current ecosystem, then the intelligent geko will have more chances to reproduce and distribute its “intelligent genoma” to its brood, so the intelligence can evolve IF it is an advantage for the species. But the intelligence of that geko will not raise just by living longer.

Your intelligent geko needs to reproduce

Intelligence is obtained in a species with mutations through evolution, not by making one single individual live longer (some turtles can live up to 200 years, more than any human does actually, and that doesn’t make the turtles more intelligent).

The process works like this: If your gecko is a little more intelligent than the other geckos, and that is an advantage in their current ecosystem, then the intelligent gecko will have more chances to reproduce and distribute its “intelligent genome” to its brood, so the intelligence can evolve IF it is an advantage for the species. But the intelligence of that gecko will not raise just by living longer.

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Your intelligent geko needs to reproduce

Intelligence is obtained in a species with mutations through evolution, not making one single element living longer (some turtles can live up to 200 years, more than any human does actually, and that doesn’t make the turtles more intelligent).
The process works like this: If your geko is a little more intelligent than the other gekos, and that is an advantage in their current ecosystem, then the intelligent geko will have more chances to reproduce and distribute its “intelligent genoma” to its brood, so the intelligence can evolve IF it is an advantage for the species. But the intelligence of that geko will not raise just by living longer.