Konkvistador comments on Brain shrinkage in humans over past ~20 000 years - what did we lose? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 February 2012 10:06:09AM 1 point [-]

On the other hand, the Neolithic Revolution occurred about 10,000 BP, and the linked articles talk about a timescale twice to three times that long.

The transition and preadaptation to agriculture might have taken several thousand years.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 March 2012 05:23:23PM 0 points [-]

Not to mention it happened in several different places, at different times.

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