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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)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: BTW, since our brains use about 20% of our daily calories it seems that starvation is not the way to get a larger brain.

Exactly what I was thinking: why would the body's reaction to lack of food be to increase the size of an organ that's one of, if not the highest energy consumers in our bodies?

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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 Clueless Morgan - June 30, 2014 at 10:26 am

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