Dark winters "led to bigger human brains"

Slashdot

+ - Dark winters "led to bigger human brains"-> 0

Submitted by

Brad1138

on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @12:51PM

Brad1138 writes "Humans living at high latitude have bigger eyes and bigger brains to cope with poor light during long winters and cloudy days, UK scientists have said. I wonder if Brett came from the Himalayas?"
Link to Original Source

This discussion was created for logged-in users only, but now has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Dark winters "led to bigger human brains"

Load All Comments

Search 0 Comments Log In/Create an Account

Comments Filter:

All
Insightful
Informative
Interesting
Funny

There may be more comments in this discussion. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead.

PL/I -- "the fatal disease" -- belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Number 5

Dark winters "led to bigger human brains" More Login

Dark winters "led to bigger human brains"