Northerners Have Bigger Brains And Eye Sockets According To Science Researchers At Oxford University

[♥ Lily ♥]

Scientists at Oxford University in England have found that people in northern latitudes have evolved to have larger brains and eye sockets, and have more grey matter in the brain, due to the lower levels of sunlight in northern hemisphere.

Now before people get big-headed about this; 'Having bigger brains doesn’t mean that higher latitude humans are smarter, it just means they need bigger brains to be able to see well where they live.’

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/261317/Why-Northerners-have-bigger-brains

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2018979/Northerners-bigger-brains-Southerners-clearly-lower-light-levels.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/8662850/Northerners-brains-are-bigger-scientists-find.html

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Scientists at Oxford University in England have found that people in northern latitudes have evolved to have larger brains and eye sockets, and have more grey matter in the brain, due to the lower levels of sunlight in northern hemisphere.
'Having bigger brains doesn’t meant that higher latitude humans are smarter, it just means they need bigger brains to be able to see well where they live.’

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/261317/Why-Northerners-have-bigger-brains

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2018979/Northerners-bigger-brains-Southerners-clearly-lower-light-levels.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/8662850/Northerners-brains-are-bigger-scientists-find.html

Is that true for Eskimos too, or just northern Europeans?

[♥ Lily ♥]

Is that true for Eskimos too, or just northern Europeans?

I'd guess so, since they live in a region with low sunlight levels.

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I'd guess so, since they live in a region with low sunlight levels.

I would guess not, since their accomplishments come nothing close to northern Europeans.

[♥ Lily ♥]

I would guess not, since their accomplishments come nothing close to northern Europeans.

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This is not about peoples intelligence or the quality or health condition of peoples brains; :rolleyes: this is simply about brain and eye socket sizes.

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This is not about peoples intelligence or the quality of peoples brains; :rolleyes: this is simply about brain and eye socket sizes.

More grey matter just to "see better"? Why, did northerners hunt animals several hundred meters away (with what?) or did they hunt microorganisms?

[Longbowman]

More grey matter just to "see better"? Why, did northerners hunt animals several hundred meters away (with what?) or did they hunt microorganisms?

...what?

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...what?

What's to not understand?

[Longbowman]

What's to not understand?

Most of your post. What are you saying about hunting large animals?

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Most of your post. What are you saying about hunting large animals?

Large animals?


More grey matter just to "see better"? Why, did northerners hunt animals several hundred meters away (with what?) or did they hunt microorganisms?

Completely the opposite. I was wondering whether evolution favored better vision in northerners because they had to hunt animals from either far away, or very very small animals.

[Longbowman]

Large animals?



Completely the opposite. I was wondering whether evolution favored better vision in northerners because they had to hunt animals from either far away, or very very small animals.

Aha, I see.

Well, most humans hunt primarily small animals. The only human group which exclusively or almost exclusively hunts large animals is the Inuit because they are the only group to live in an environment where most food is in large animal form (pre-Inuit people like the Dorset Culture and Sadlermuit would also qualify, but keeping it simple). The reason humans hunt medium sized animals is because that's the safest route that actually leaves us with something worth eating at the end. Ergo, Northerners did not hunt smaller animals than Southerners.

As for hunting animals from far away; I doubt there'd be much variation within Great Britain.

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Aha, I see.

Well, most humans hunt primarily small animals. The only human group which exclusively or almost exclusively hunts large animals is the Inuit because they are the only group to live in an environment where most food is in large animal form (pre-Inuit people like the Dorset Culture and Sadlermuit would also qualify, but keeping it simple). The reason humans hunt medium sized animals is because that's the safest route that actually leaves us with something worth eating at the end. Ergo, Northerners did not hunt smaller animals than Southerners.

As for hunting animals from far away; I doubt there'd be much variation within Great Britain.

Actually my question to English Rose was sarcastic, because she face palmed my inability to understand that bigger brains had nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with better vision.

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http://www.foodforthebrain.org/media/33482/60greenbrain.png

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You had more brain cells when you were 2 years-old than you will at any other point in your life.

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