Let's think like a paleoneurologist, like Dr. Tilly Edinger! Try to rank the following Human skull endocasts from oldest to youngest.
What did you base your ranking on?
Which factors do you think have caused our brains to evolve in this manner?
What environmental factors do you think are important to brain evolution?
How has our brain adapted to the greater complexity that our world presents?
How has our brain shape changed and how do you think this influences its function?
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Answer: E (Singe anthropoid), B (Astralopithecus africanuus), C (Homo Habilis), D (Homo erectus), A (Homo sapiens neandertalensis), F (Homo sapiens sapiens)