http://polyscience.org/2005/09/homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals-coexisted-for-a-time/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://polyscience.org/2005/09/homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals-coexisted-for-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-200 polyscience.org » The human brain is still evolving Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:08:25 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=90#comment-200 [...] The researchers caution that the two genes are linked to increased brain size, but not necessarily greater intelligence. I would speculate that they are but a small piece in the evolving of the modern human brain. Consider that Neanderthals were better physically suited to a harsh environment, but that Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals and became the dominant species on Earth. Neanderthals had no speech or written language, whereas their bigger-brained Homo sapiens cousins did. Perhaps these two genes are but one part of a larger evolutionary picture that we are just now discovering. [...] [...] The researchers caution that the two genes are linked to increased brain size, but not necessarily greater intelligence. I would speculate that they are but a small piece in the evolving of the modern human brain. Consider that Neanderthals were better physically suited to a harsh environment, but that Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals and became the dominant species on Earth. Neanderthals had no speech or written language, whereas their bigger-brained Homo sapiens cousins did. Perhaps these two genes are but one part of a larger evolutionary picture that we are just now discovering. [...]

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