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Over the last few thousand years, our brains have been shrinking- fast.

Over the last few thousand years, our brains have been shrinking- fast. The information is detailed in a study by evolutionary scientist John Hawks. Since the Stone Age, there have been many changes in the human body, most of which are unsurprising. But the revelation that our brains are actually smaller now than they were then could strike some as shocking.  Hawks says over the last 20,000 years, the average male brain has shrunk from 1,500 cubic centimeters to 1,350 cubic centimeters. That’s a chunk about the size of a...

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Published By: OMGFacts - Sunday, 24 June, 2012