The big question of course is, “Why is our evolution going in reverse?” The interdisciplinary research team, which included a biological anthropologist, a behavioral ecologist and an evolutionary neurobiologist, write in the study that their dating techniques do not “support hypotheses concerning brain size reduction as a by-product of body size reduction, a result of a shift to an agricultural diet, or a consequence of self-domestication.”
26
236 reads
CURATED FROM
Can Collective Intelligence Be the Reason Why Human Brains Are Shrinking?
interestingengineering.com
13 ideas
·2.46K reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
The human brain shrank in size about 3,000 years ago. Scientists may have found an explanation by studying ants.
“
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about scienceandnature with this collection
How to build trust in a virtual environment
How to manage remote teams effectively
How to assess candidates remotely
Related collections
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates