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Thursday, September 9, 2021
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Were the Boskops, Prehistoric Hominids, More Intelligent Than Modern Humans?
"ten thousand years ago. The man of the future, with the big brain, the small teeth. He lived in Africa. His brain was bigger than your brain. His face was straight and small, almost a child’s face.” https://t.co/kuWAYarkNZ
— Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) September 8, 2021
And if they were, and evolution selects for intelligence, what happened to them? Maybe they invented socialism, let technological development stagnate and be regulated out of existence, then ceased to breed when the cost of forming families and raising children became too high for the young.
Posted at September 9, 2021 12:47