![]() ![]() The modern human brain is the largest and most complex of any living primate. Over the course of human evolution, brain size tripled. ![]() That was a big advantage to early humans in their social interactions and encounters with unfamiliar habitats. Large, complex brains can process and store a lot of information. ![]() Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution)Īs early humans faced new environmental challenges and evolved bigger bodies, they evolved larger and more complex brains. Science, Religion, Evolution and Creationism: PrimerĮndocasts of Homo erectus (left) and Homo sapiens (right) illustrate rapid increase in brain size.Members Thoughts on Science, Religion & Human Origins (video).Teaching Evolution through Human Examples.Digital Archive of Ungulate and Carnivore Dentition.Adventures in the Rift Valley: Interactive.Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program Main Menu ![]()
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