Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains

Re:Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains by onetimemanytime on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:17AM (#19603524)

Yp, brain uses tremendous amount of energy so there's a cost. Use too much of it to build the brain and you starve...use too little and same result since you're outsmarted. Rinse repeat until it's perfected.

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Re:Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains by bluedino on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:22AM (#19604512)

Heyenas have 2 extra legs to waste energy on. Not much left in the budget for a big brain.

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Re:Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains by code_duck on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:42PM (#19650027)

Rats have a similar brain-to-body mass as humans. Cats are fairly intelligent, are they not?

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