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Our brains got bigger because of starvation

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Our brains got bigger because of starvation
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RE: Our brains got bigger because of starvation
June 30, 2014 at 4:41 am (This post was last modified: June 30, 2014 at 4:44 am by Wyrd of Gawd.)
Humans have the slowest metabolism of all of the primates, which contributes to our long lifespans. So maybe the slow metabolism and long lifespans enables us to have larger brains.

BTW, since our brains use about 20% of our daily calories it seems that starvation is not the way to get a larger brain.
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Our brains got bigger because of starvation

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Our brains got bigger because of starvation - by Laza - June 2, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: Our brains got bigger because of starvation - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 30, 2014 at 4:41 am

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