"Are we more intelligent than homo sapiens 3000 years ago?" We might be. Unless the Flynn effect[0] is around to just make us feel good about ourselves. We onl

"Are we more intelligent than homo sapiens 3000 years ago?" We might be. Unless the Flynn effect[0] is around to just make us feel good about ourselves. We only have data as far back as the 1930's, but this trend could have been around for a while. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect