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There was a decline in brain size that greatly predated widespread literacy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brain-has-been-shrinking-a
by graemep 2mo ago
There was a decline in brain size that greatly predated widespread literacy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brain-has-been-shrinking-and-no-one-quite-knows-why https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brai...
- OroPla 2mo agoAlternative view: the human brain did never decrease in size: https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-brain-did-not-shrink-3000-years-ago https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-bra... I have no idea which position is correct, but both can't be true.