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16. 脑容量
P1 - Since prehistory times, the volume of the human brain has decreased significantly.
Scientists argue it reflects diminishing human body mass.
P2 - However,
Skeletal measurements: brain volume shrank faster than body mass.
Genetic analyses: genetic mutations affecting brain development spread affecting human cognition.
Some anthropologists: agricultural societies demand less cognitions. => But, the shrinkage occurred among all humans.
P3 - A more plausible explanation: human unintentionally domesticated themselves.
Less-aggressive individuals provoked fewer conflicts and improved their reproductive success.
Domesticated mammals have smaller brains too.
=> retention of certain juvenile features into adulthood.
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