Human brains are getting smaller

[ratatoskK]

According to John Hawks

One of Hawks’ specialties is measuring how the typical shape of human skulls has changed over the course of thousands of years. The current view, based on skull measurements as well as genetics, is that the modern head isn’t as “long” as it was 10,000 years ago, with a resulting reduction in brain volume. “Brains are shrinking,” Hawks said.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing: The brain is the human body’s hungriest organ, consuming half of the glucose we take in. The modern brain may be packing more power into a smaller space and as a result cutting down on the biological energy requirements - with the help of external memory devices.

“What do we need these brains for? We’ve got iPods,” Hawks joked.

[billfish678]

And some say God doesnt have a sense of humor.

[born_too_late]

Given that most people can’t be arsed to use what they’ve got, it was only a matter of time until natural selection resulted in homo pinheadus

[smiling_bandit]

The article is rather misleading. Heads are smaller, but that’s probably more because people don’t need bulky bone-boxes to protect against injury quite as much as the 'ole Homo Neanderthalis days.

[Mindfield]

…and Leon’s getting laaaaaaarger.

(Had to be done.)

[thirdname]

Go away, 'baitin!

[Inigo_Montoya]

Just think about all those poor, starving zombies!

Honey, Feed the zombies!