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Decades is understating it. The beginning of civilization marks the start of the first downtrend in hominid brain to body ratio. There are a few different theor
by nathias 4y ago
Decades is understating it. The beginning of civilization marks the start of the first downtrend in hominid brain to body ratio. There are a few different theories about why, but I find the systemic one the most plausible. The increase in the complexity of a system comes with a reduction in complexity of the parts.
- mrtranscendence 4y agoAnd aren’t domesticated animals generally less intelligent than their wild relatives?
- nathias 4y agoyea, that's the second theory, but the timings don't really match, we started self-domesticating a long time before civilization