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Irish_Dem

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3. There is not a direct strong correlation between brain size and IQ.

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Reply #2)

Sun May 21, 2023, 08:34 AM

May 2023

The size of the brain is related to body size, so women have smaller brains but they
do not have lower IQs than males.

Right we don't know exactly why modern humans have smaller brains than ancient man.
A lot of theories.

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We keep underestimating how advanced, intelligent and civilized ancient humans were. Irish_Dem May 2023 #1

Interestingly, human cranial capacity has shrunk about 15% or so in the last 10-20,000 years GeoWilliam750 May 2023 #2

There is not a direct strong correlation between brain size and IQ. Irish_Dem May 2023 #3

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Efficiency. Better neural path connections as we evolved wnylib May 2023 #5