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- Why human brains were bigger 3,000 years ago https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220503-why-human-brains-were-bigger-3000-years-ago 2 comments
- Why human brains were bigger 3,000 years ago; some people think current complex social systems with greater division of labour might prompt their brains to shrink, while one other possibility is that emergence of writing also had an effect. But smaller brain doesn't directly mean becoming stupider. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220503-why-human-brains-were-bigger-3000-years-ago 108 comments science