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> Even in the ~190K years before we settled down, those people had brains identical to yours and mine. Humans had larger brains in hunter & gatherer times. Sim
by MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
> Even in the ~190K years before we settled down, those people had brains identical to yours and mine.
Humans had larger brains in hunter & gatherer times. Similar to domesticated animals, it got smaller once we settled down and started agriculture.
- Ma8ee 5y agoI don’t think the correlation between brain size and general intelligence is that strong. Maybe the hunter gatherer used a bigger part of his brain to quickly and accurately interpret impressions, to find the food and not become food himself. The domestic man might have been better at tasks like figuring out how much of his seeds he could eat and how much he must save to plant next spring, even with a slightly smaller brain.