Bigger brains are not always better

Re:Bigger brains are not always better by Razengan on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:10AM (#13986987)

One has to wonder: if there were ever any other intelligent species (that we couldn't breed with) on this planet alongside us, then we probably wiped them out..

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by cauterized on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:09PM (#13987627)

Why would we necessarily be what wiped them out? Intelligent dinosaurs may have been wiped out by an asteroid/volcanic activity/climate disruption (or whatever the most current theory is).

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by sandworm101 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:27PM (#13987841)

While they werent dumb lizards, i havent heard anyone claim dinos were dolphin or ape-smart. The brains were small and structured very differently than animals we today consider smart.

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by bonzini on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:47PM (#13989340)

Bird brains are also very different from mammal brains, yet corvids are considered to be one of the smartest species.

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by Razengan on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:36PM (#13987965)

Edited it a bit. :)

Were humans around at the time of the dinosaur extinction event?

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