Re: Shrinking brains in evolution


"Anthony Campbell" <ac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f2fgb2$2rak$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jared Diamond, in (I think) _Guns, Germs and Steel_ says that he found
the inhabitants of New Guinea to be often more intelligent than many
Westerners. He also thinks that since the invention of agriculture there
may have been a decline in intelligence over-all.

Which is a bit odd, since he also says that New Guinea is where agriculture
was invented.


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