Science and Human Origins by Gauger Ann & Axe Douglas & Luskin Casey

Author:Gauger, Ann & Axe, Douglas & Luskin, Casey [Gauger, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781936599042
Publisher: Discovery Institute Press
Published: 2012-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 3-6: Got a big head? Don’t get a big head. Brain size not always a good indicator of intelligence or evolutionary relationships. Case in point: Neanderthals had a larger average skull size than modern humans. Moreover, skull size can vary greatly within an individual species. (See Figure 3-8.) Given the range of modern human genetic variation, a progression of relatively small to very large skulls could be created by using the bones of living humans alone. This could give the misimpression of some evolutionary lineage when in fact it is merely the intepretation of data by preconceived notions of what happened. The lesson is this: don’t be too impressed when textbooks, news stories, or TV documentaries display skulls lined up from small sizes to larger ones.

Illustration: Jonathan Jones

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