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What are the factors that increased hominids brains in the evolution process?

What are the factors that increased hominids brains in the evolution process? #Shorts

The increase in brain size among hominids during the course of evolution can be attributed to several factors. One key factor is the development of tools and the associated need for cognitive skills. As hominids began crafting and using tools, their brains had to adapt to handle the complexity of these tasks, leading to increased brain size over time.

Are the stories about hominids wrong or deceitful?

Are the stories about hominids wrong? #Shorts #abcfacts

Scientists have recently renamed fossils of certain hominids and created a new type of hominid called Homo Bodoensis.

The name comes from the Bodo skull discovered in 1976 in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia, on the Awash River in Africa.

Diseases humans inherited from Neanderthals

Diseases inherited from Neanderthals #Shorts #minidocumentary

Did you know that difficulty in quitting smoking is coming from Neanderthals?

They passed on genes involved in type 2 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, depression, and smoking addiction.

Amazing Neanderthals sophisticated burial habits. Quick Facts

Neanderthals burial habits #Shorts #minidocumentary

Recent evidence suggests Neanderthals had sophisticated burial habits.

Shanidar cave archeological site in Iraq revealed amazing things on our cousins. They buried intentionally their dead.

How was Neanderthals sex life?

Sex with modern humans may have helped drive Neanderthals to extinction.

What did Neanderthals eat? #Shorts Quick Facts

What did Neanderthals eat? #Shorts

What did Neanderthals eat?

Ancient humans had much better diet than us and Neanderthals had better health. Based on their diet Neanderthals would not have suffered from much heart disease, cancer, or most viral diseases.

INTRIGUING QUICK FACTS ABOUT NEANDERTHALS

QUICK FACTS ABOUT NEANDERTHALS #DOCUMENTARY

Did Neanderthals have better brain than Homo Sapiens Cro Magnon? Could be. Homo Neanderthal had a larger skull with 1600 cc brain and Homo Sapiens had a smaller brain on average 1400 cc of brain. What really matters for more abstract and sophisticated thinking is the surface of the cortex though. Neanderthals emerged as a specie about 800000 years ago. The oldest Neanderthal fossil is dated around 400000 years ago.