Thursday, March 14, 2013

♭Musical News & Notes♬

Lamely obvious or obviously lame?BBC Brain report:
A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they became extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brains were devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing.

By contrast, the larger frontal brain regions of Homo sapiens led to the fashioning of warmer clothes and the development of larger social networks.

3 comments:

BadTux said...

And don't forget dog dresses, perfect proof of the superiority of Homo Sapiens over Homo Neanderthalus.

- Badtux the Snarky Penguin

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

What big eyes you have!

Hmmm... seems like the big bad wolf has nothing on us murderous hairless apes.

M. Bouffant said...

Peepers Editor:
No one wants to look at dog teats.

We have four big eyes.