People in the north have bigger brains than those in the south.

[scooterscot]

Not really a surprise,

Goes someway to explain the inventiveness of us northern types opposed to those burger flipping types in the south

People who live at higher latitudes have larger eyes and more processing power in their brains to deal with visual information compared with those living nearer the equator, a study suggests.

People at darker, higher latitudes evolved bigger eyes and brains | Science | guardian.co.uk

[MarillionFan]

Not really a surprise,

Goes someway to explain the inventiveness of us northern types opposed to those burger flipping types in the south



People at darker, higher latitudes evolved bigger eyes and brains | Science | guardian.co.uk

And subsequently larger heads. For Nothern Man = Neandathal man.

[JamJarST]

Not really a surprise,

Goes someway to explain the inventiveness of us northern types opposed to those burger flipping types in the south



People at darker, higher latitudes evolved bigger eyes and brains | Science | guardian.co.uk

Did they leave Eskimos and Innuits out of the study on purpose? They generally have small heads and tiny eyes.

[NickFitz]

Did they leave Eskimos and Innuits out of the study on purpose? They generally have small heads and tiny eyes.

I think they just didn't have any in the sample group:

"The team, from the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, used skulls dating from the 1800s kept at museums in Oxford and Cambridge.

"The skulls were from indigenous populations ranging from Scandinavia to Australia, Micronesia and North America."

- BBC News - How dark winters meant bigger human brains and eyeballs

[Churchill]

And subsequently larger heads. For Nothern Man = Neandathal man.

Oh you dense bastard, the ironing!!!

[MarillionFan]

Wahey! Australopithecus has now arrived.

(I checked the spelling this time)

[DodgyAgent]

It was also said that the extra brain capacity was used only for Northern people to cope with the reduced sunlight. It did not mean that they were brighter than us "properly brainy" southerners

[eek]

It was also said that the extra brain capacity was used only for Northern people to cope with the reduced sunlight. It did not mean that they were brighter than us "properly brainy" southerners

Lets be honest. If you had brains the first thing you would think is lets move South its warmer.

[DodgyAgent]

Lets be honest. If you had brains the first thing you would think is lets move South its warmer.

Good point

[Churchill]

Lets be honest. If you had brains the first thing you would think is let's not move South it may be warmer but it's overcrowded, expensive and full of bleeding foreigners.

ftfy