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To: null and void
Modern brains are smaller.

Is that overall, or just the neo-cortex? Not that it matters that much, because I don't believe that brain size and intelligence have an exact correlation.

12 posted on 07/19/2012 11:31:16 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: UCANSEE2

AFAIK, over all smaller.

Agreed that brain size and intelligence do not have an exact correlation, but on the average larger brains contribute to smarter critters, all other factors being equal.

In the case of modern man vs cro-magnon, modern man has essentially the same brain design, a smaller brain, and a bigger body to run with it.

OTOH, birds are disproportionately smart for brain size. I suspect a more efficient brain design.


14 posted on 07/19/2012 11:43:59 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1275 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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