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Re:Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, r... by plutonorm on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:16PM (#25104402)
Neanderthals had larger brains in proportion to their body mass than we do. They were possibly smarter than we were.
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Re:Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, r... by ben_w on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:26PM (#25105033)
We don’t know enough to know if that’s a good measure; if it is, ants would be at the top of the list for all animals, and treeshrews for mammals: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-to-body_mass_ratio
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Re:Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, r... by salty_biscuits on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#25105599)
The scaling power coefficient matters, they are so far off our mass that the coefficient might just be wrong. Neanderthals are about the same size so an error in the coefficient won't matter so much.
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Re:Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, r... by edgyquant on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:22PM (#25106890)
That is widely attributed to them having a much greater sense of smell than us. They are thought to be equally as intelligent if not less so.
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