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Uplift (science fiction)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a>, uplift is the intervention in the evolution of species of low-<a href="/facts/Intelligence/pRmAeRsw">intelligence</a> or even non<a href="/facts/Sentience/LQwKbI6F">sentient </a> species in order to increase their intelligence. This is usually accomplished by cultural, technological, or evolutionary interventions such as <a href="/facts/Genetic_engineering_in_science_fiction/b177F4BG">genetic engineering</a>. The earliest appearance of the concept is in <a href="/facts/H._G._Wells/J0Y372Km">H. G. Wells</a>'s 1896 novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau/u9zbTPdp">The Island of Doctor Moreau</a></i>. The term was popularized by <a href="/facts/David_Brin/4NHcXmxL">David Brin</a> in his <a href="/facts/Uplift_Universe/QBVlkz4v"><i>Uplift</i> series</a> in the 1980s. </p>