History and Evolution of Man and Why Brain Size Isn't Everything.MP4

Lucy, Australopithecus, Cro-Magnon, Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals and other Hominids in the tree video by Jack D Deal

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• Lucy
• Australopithecus
• Cro-Magnon
• homo
• sapiens
• neanderthals
• hominds
• tree

[KnockoffNigeI]

I seem to remember that both cromagnon and neanderthal cranial capacity was larger than the average amongst modern humans.

[fringeelements]

Yup, brain size isn't everything. Whales, dolphins and elephants have much larger brains than humans, and yet humans are "smarter".

But whales, dolphins and elephants, and neanderthals, are / were some of the smartest organisms on the planet. Compare this to a smaller-brained cluster of animals like dogs, pigs and cats, and even more so to squirrels and rabbits.

"Brain size isn't everything" is the best way to put it. Unfortunately, egalitarians will go from this to "brain size is nothing."

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@jackfire55 east asians and caucasians have 2% more neanderthal dna in them then other races

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@topbluffa1 he knows that

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@jackfire55 indeed you're r right

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@topbluffa1 lol what 

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

neanderthals were more intelligent fact smarter then homosapien's

so dumb vid

[barccy]

The brain isn't everything.

[fringeelements]

But who knows, perhaps Neanderthals had physically larger brains AND more neurons, but those neurons were predisposed toward say directional and visual-spatial knowledge and less to abstract reasoning. So in a sense Neanderthals could have been "smarter", just not in things which give rise to civilization.

[GordonFreeMANness]

@topbluffa1 Well, bottlenose dolphins (1600-1700 cc) have a brain as big as that of Neanderthals (1600 cc - males, 1400 - females; *winky face*) but it doesn't mean that any of them can create a civilization anyways.