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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No, we're talking about intelligent life.
And since humans had time to communicate with each other, the stars have fascinated us. Ancient art (pre-sailing) would support that.
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We are talking about how intelligent life evolved to consider the stars something worth noting. And that came way before cave paintings and ancient art. Our non-human ancestors were using the stars for survival purposes before then. It was then that they noticed patterns and those patterns became a matter of life and death. One of the recent Cosmos episodes goes discusses this point better. You should watch the series if you ever get a chance.
If our non-human ancestors left the trees and had sonar senses, magnetic senses, or even a strong sense of smell to guide them, they could have theoretically evolved into intelligent life without revering the heavens.