Is farming to blame?
 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...e-getting-smal
ler-brains-shrinking--farming-blame.html

We're all getting smaller and our brains are shrinking... is farming to
blame?

Cambridge University experts say humans are past their peak and that
modern-day* people are 10 per cent smaller and shorter than their
hunter-gatherer ancestors.

And if that¹s not depressing enough, our brains are also smaller.
The findings reverse perceived wisdom that humans have grown taller and
larger, a belief which has grown from data on more recent physical
development.

(cont.)
--
- Billy

Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria
of the American political landscape.

America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the
greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks
and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore
/michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/

Is farming to blame?
 

Billy wrote:

We're all getting smaller and our brains are shrinking... is farming to
blame?

Large size is not as much an advantage in farming as it is in hunting.

And if that¹s not depressing enough, our brains are also smaller.

Brain size is highly correlated with intelligence speciies to species.

Brain size is poorly correlated with intelligence within a species.

There's no sign that we have been losing intelligence along with brain
size. Except UseNet posts. Those are a pretty good sign. ;^)

Is farming to blame?
 

"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message
...
Billy wrote:

We're all getting smaller and our brains are shrinking... is farming to
blame?

Large size is not as much an advantage in farming as it is in hunting.

And if that¹s not depressing enough, our brains are also smaller.

Brain size is highly correlated with intelligence speciies to species.

Brain size is poorly correlated with intelligence within a species.

There's no sign that we have been losing intelligence along with brain
size. Except UseNet posts. Those are a pretty good sign. ;^)




I got a pretty big punkin head. And I'm a better hunter then a farmer

You mind splaining your statement about big heads are better for hunting.

Is farming to blame?
 

"DogDiesel" wrote in message
...

"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message
...
Billy wrote:

We're all getting smaller and our brains are shrinking... is farming to
blame?

Large size is not as much an advantage in farming as it is in hunting.

And if that¹s not depressing enough, our brains are also smaller.

Brain size is highly correlated with intelligence speciies to species.

Brain size is poorly correlated with intelligence within a species.

There's no sign that we have been losing intelligence along with brain
size. Except UseNet posts. Those are a pretty good sign. ;^)




I got a pretty big punkin head. And I'm a better hunter then a farmer

You mind splaining your statement about big heads are better for hunting.





The bigger the head the easier it is to hit! (sorry, couldn't help it;) )