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Study through CT scans suggests we are distinguished by different mental capacities

We do have bigger brains than Neanderthals did

1 posted on 12/14/2011 9:58:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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The investigators discovered modern humans possess larger olfactory bulbs at the base of their brains. This area is linked primarily with smell,

So, homo sapien sapien was more successful because they could out-compete in finding a mate in heat, food, or better lodging? Sounds like a dorm brainstorming session.
4 posted on 12/14/2011 11:05:33 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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Good to know. I was worried about that.


6 posted on 12/15/2011 12:06:29 AM PST by Retief
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Neanderthals, our closest-known evolutionary relatives, still walked the Earth as recently as maybe 24,000 years ago

Google for pictures of Russian heavyweight boxer Valuev - try "as recently as today"!

9 posted on 12/15/2011 7:00:05 AM PST by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: SunkenCiv

No wonder so many sperm whales are physicists.


12 posted on 12/15/2011 5:16:17 PM PST by jwalsh07
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