Heh Heh Heh. If you're into Science Fiction, then Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time" might be your kind of thing:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316452505

It's really, really good. :)

Likewise Children of Time (https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/1...), another piece of solid sci-fi that explores some ideas about the development of "intelligence".