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From: rene@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Breeding of Humans
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Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 15:51:20 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 22 15:51:20 1983
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According to my anthropology class, the evolution of intelligence went
something like this: 

Intelligence was a real advantage because you could pass on useful
information to people before they went out and got themselves killed
or poisoned themselves, etc. Brain size had the fastest change in size
of anything in known evolutionary history (about a fingernail clipping
volume/generation!). However, once the amount of knowledge accumulated
was much more than one person could know, then a general increase of
intelligence didn't help. What was more advantageous was occasional
geniuses, so they started popping up, supposedly more and more
frequently. 

I don't remember who's theory this was, but I thought it was
interesting.

					- rene
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