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TIL The brains of modern humans are around 13% smaller than those of Homo sapiens who lived 100,000 years ago (slrpnk.net)
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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Brain size has nothing to do with intelligence.

Elephants are not building datacentres.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a better idea honestly.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Okay, fair, but elephants still die of tooth decay.

Okay, fair, but elephants still don't have secure access to food.

Okay, fair, but elephants can't protect themselves from rich poachers.

Okay, fair, ...

[–] blu3b3rryblue@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

Sounds like elephants are more intelligent than many humans