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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why did humans evolve mentally when every other species evolved physically?

Why did we evolve for intelligence instead of strength, speed or some other physical trait?

**Edit:** I know I phrased this question awkwardly, I'm not the best with words. And although the question has been answered I still love to read all the new well explained and thought-out responses to this question, but please stop telling me that human's also evolved physically and that animals also evolved mentally. I know this, I'm not oblivious, I just was speaking broadly in the sense that a Shark or Lion's most advantageous quality lies in their strength while a humans most advantageous quality is our mind.
gpt
Essentially every evolutionary niche that could provide an advantage got filled by something. It's not that we evolved for intelligence instead of strength, it's that we happen to be the ones that evolved for intelligence so we can even ask the question...other animals went for strength (or speed or camoflage or...).

Humans are, physically, actually quite astounding in terms of endurance. If we're in good physical condition, we can run many other land animals to exhaustion.