I personally don't believe that intelligent life can develop on its own naturally. <br>The human species is the only intelligent species on Earth. Why? Why aren't there multiple intelligent species on Earth? <br>All species evolved over time... iteration after iteration and we (apes) were the only one lucky enough to become intelligent?<br>To me the reason why we became intelligent is because we got altered. Our genome/DNA got altered by another intelligent species.<br>In that case ONLY intelligent life, can create intelligent life. It is NOT developing on its own. <br><br>Religion would argue that god is that other intelligent species that created us humans but i don't believe that either. If you look at the Babylonian texts or the old testament than there were "gods" (highly advanced species) which created us humans in their own image in order for us to perform simple tasks for them as slaves (mine gold and what not). They made us intelligent enough to perform certain tasks and to take orders but not intelligent enough to be a threat (closed 3rd eye). <br><br>Tens of thousands of years later they finally left and had no longer any purpose for us or for Earth, so they caused the great flood and let us alone in our fate. After that we experienced the human history that we know and accept as being our history.