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> The average human brain has shrunk by 20% in size since the last 10 000 years. Thats the size of a tennis ball, or the size of an australopithecus afarensis b
by Deestan 15y ago
> The average human brain has shrunk by 20% in size since the last 10 000 years. Thats the size of a tennis ball, or the size of an australopithecus afarensis brain.
That sounds both crackpot and irrelevant. I suggest citing sources and elaborating how this has anything to do with the article.
- lhnz 15y agohttp://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-why-brain-shrinking http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-... But yeah, I don't see the number 10,000 or 20% and I don't see what that would have to do with increasing maths intake in Universities by devaluing degrees...
- mechnik 15y agoThis article lists 10% brain volume decrease in 20,000 years among the modern humans.