Our Brains Got Bigger. Now They’re Shrinking?

From Cleo Abram.

This chart shows human brains size over time. They got way bigger, fast. But now they’re shrinking? (No, it’s not the phones!)

About 2 million years ago something changed and it altered the course of human evolution. Our brains just started RAPIDLY growing, the organ nearly doubled in size in just a few hundred thousand years. This turning point is what allowed us to evolve into the intelligent species we are today.

But now…

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