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

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Comment author: Thomas 22 February 2012 10:34:37AM *  3 points [-]

Australians split with the rest of us about 30 to 40 ky before the "brains peek".

And you have little data about "racially sensitive" things, like "brain size of the Aborigines".

It's just not politically correct.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 February 2012 12:20:50PM *  7 points [-]

Australians split with the rest of us about 30 to 40 ky before the "brains peek".

This is a feature not a bug of the test.

And you have little data about "racially sensitive" things, like "brain size of the Aborigines".

Unfortunately this is true. There is however some anatomical data available in medical sources that might (however indirectly) add some evidence to our various hypotheses.