JackGreenEarth, Is this new? I’ve been reading this in books that were written ten years ago.
lefaucet, New to me at least. Ive seen it blamed on
Loss of plentiful fruit habitat; forcing folks to hunt big game meaning throwing/coop battles become much more important and lots of cholesterol in the diet enabling fat wrinkles in teh brains
Mushroom consumption giving rise to complex culture where big brains is teh sexy.
Complex mouth parts enabled much more complex music making big brains teh sexy
We is made in the image of god… So duh we is smart.
Aliens.
Notyou, I’ve seen most of the explanations except for “lots of cholesterol in the diet enabling fat wrinkles in the brains.”
One would think if that is the case then the brain of high cholesterol humans would be vastly more wrinkled than whatever the normal or lower cholesterol levels are. I’m not even sure how cholesterol would cause your brain to wrinkle. I’m assuming fat rolls=brain rolls in their minds.
RIP_Cheems, So your telling me…that alcohol…make big dumb smart?
kemsat, Having to carry out the process of making alcohol requires intelligence
poVoq, Surprisingly not that much. Forgetting an opened bottle with fruit juice in some warm place often produces fruit wine without any intervention.
kemsat, But planning it out needs some intelligence
RIP_Cheems, Not really. Literally just wait for the right time of year, eat a fruit, and there’s a chance it’s fermented. Quite literally, that is the cause for bird alcoholism.
schmorpel, Humans have been domesticated by fungus
JacobCoffinWrites, I guess I’m glad they did it this way. The ants got it way worse
TropicalDingdong, Fermentation makes a huge difference to food security. It lets you take excess calories available only in the good times, and bring them forward to the times where scarcity is the norm.
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