Comments by "Feralz" (@missionpupa) on "The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth" video.

@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788 it wasnt about being smarter. Neanderthals were probably smarter than us and had bigger brains. Also the Denisovans were much more advanced in technology than us. So what made us special? We were able to communicate better using longer sentences and was able to develop myths that people could rally towards.
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@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788 I suggest you read a book called Sapiens, it's written by a historian. Language is so important, for example being able to say "there is a buffalo", we could say "there is a buffalo near the river we came from where the Lions have chased it" is much more effective at pointing out how to get to that buffalo. The fact that we could create myths like animal spirits and religion, was the real game changer, it made organizing hundreds or thousands of humans to act towards a common goal. This made us the most dangerous species to come across. So maybe it was really the mutation in our brains that improved language and imagination that was the key.
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@liamthecrusader5056 yikes
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@kade-qt1zu you realize that the wrinkles are a by product of a growing brain trying to make space? It's not the wrinkle that's important, it's what the wrinkle indicates, a rapidly growing large brain! That's the only way you could fit more when your brain is growing in size, bigger skull is a disadvantage in child brith.
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@justinlaw9336 it's science bro, evolutionary science. Humans couldnt just keep growing a bigger brain because childbirth for women is hard enough as it is, it means women have to have wider hips, which means it will be an impedement to walking, thus the best strategy was to squeeze as much area of brain in the skull.
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