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FWIW, the brain size reduced notecably in the last tens thousand years. Search internet for more info. The first link I found: > Based on measurements of sku
by avodonosov 6y ago
FWIW, the brain size reduced notecably in the last tens thousand years.
Search internet for more info.
The first link I found:
> Based on measurements of skulls, the average brain volume of Homo sapiens has reportedly decreased by roughly 10 percent in the past 40,000 years.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-human-brain-has-been-getting-smaller-since-the-stone-age https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-human-brai...
- xtiansimon 6y agoFWIW-W, Susan Blackmore in her 1999 book, the Meme Machine, notes there appears to be an equilibrium for brain size. Neanderthal had a bigger brain size than modern humans. The larger brain requires more calories, and increases mortality for the mother. Blackmore, Susan. The Meme Machine, Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press 1999