How Our Big Brains and Flat Faces Evolved in Record Time

UCL scientists discovered that human skulls evolved far faster than those of other apes. Using 3D scans, they found that our flatter faces and larger brains developed at roughly twice the expected rate. The results hint that both intelligence and social factors helped drive humanity’s rapid evolutionary leap. Rapid Evolution of the Human Skull Humans [...]

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