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What of the hypothesis that Neanderthals had larger brains than us? Or is there not much evidence for that?
by georgeoliver 14y ago
What of the hypothesis that Neanderthals had larger brains than us? Or is there not much evidence for that?
- stan_rogers 14y agoThe did (marginally) and an occipital bun (an enlargement of the skull in an area roughly over the visual cortex) is characteristic of Neandertal skulls. Mind you, size does not imply complexity, but endocasts don't point to anything obviously less complex than H sapiens sapiens. (In fact, both Broca's and Wernike's areas seem to be about on par, and recent genetic evidence suggests that Neandertals had essentially the same FOXP2 gene we have. That would indicate, given current knowledge, that they likely had sophisticated language as well.)