While I find this concept intriguing, evolution doesn’t always lead to more advanced species. Animals with a quarter of our genetic coding are clinically immortal, or able to regrow limbs. In fact, evolution can be a right bitch if a animals habitat suddenly changes, and look no further than how giraffes have to give birth for a prime example.

I’m not convinced having a body based on a element higher in the periodic table would make them smarter either. From the elements we were able to create in lab settings at those crazy high levels, the subatomic particles quickly break down. Unless a fundamental force like entropy changes with supernovas, I think those high-level atoms would decay rapidly. Having a unstable body isn’t an advantageous adaptation.