The Great Brain Size Debate: Is Bigger Really Better?Does Brain Size Matter?

View and Discuss on Academia.edu From a small age, we as children begin to develop an idea based on a natural observation that we make. Animals with bigger brains are more intelligent. As far as children and most adults know, this is true. But not only is it a very general statement, we know thatContinue reading “The Great Brain Size Debate: Is Bigger Really Better?Does Brain Size Matter?”

Did Cooking and Eating Meat Make Us Who We Are Today?

Did Homo erectus’ habit of increased meat eating lead to our body structure, and mental capacities that we have and know of today? A new paper claims perhaps this idea is not as correct as we thought…

The Story of Us-Meeting Homo habilis!!!

Happy #FossilFriday!!!

On the next episode of #TheStoryofUs show, we will be doing our second #morphology #video! This time featuring KNM-ER 1813, a #Homo #habilis #fossil, one of the most complete craniums of the species yet found!

Come join us, and get a nice, albeit brief introduction to this species, the first of the Homo lineage!