Fun Fact: Brain Size & Evolution

[David Morris]

Efficiency, yes.  But the rest is a maze. But the maze is fascinating.

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:11 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've heard that the number of folds (I'm sure there's a proper word
> for them) is really important too, not just the overall size. Using
> that thing more efficiently, as you say. I mean, computers have gotten
> slightly smaller in the last half century too.
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fun fact: domesticated animals have evolved to have smaller brains than
> > their wild species cousins.  No pain, less brain (size)?
> >
> >
> > We humans are also mostly domesticated.  Are our brains smaller than
> those
> > of our earlier cousins?
> >
> >
> > It is also a fun fact that more intelligent species consistently have
> > smaller brain-to-body size ratios.  So counter intuitive, right?
> >
> >
> > Maybe brains become more efficient and smaller as intelligence grows.
> Maybe
> > intelligence grows with domestication.  But whales and elephants are on
> the
> > smaller brain, more intelligent scale, and are not "domesticated."  Are
> > there species (us) that have self-domesticated, therefore becoming more
> > intelligent?
> >
> >
> > "Domesticated" in this context does not mean under subjection of another
> > species.
> >
> >
> > Just a thought...
> >
> >
> > David Morris
>
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