ONE OF the greatest mysteries of the brain
is how and why it evolved. There is little doubt that it is the supreme
achievement of natural selection, the force that drives evolution. The human
brain has quite literally transformed life on Earth. How did this occur?
Studies of fossilised human skulls show that the brain of modern humans is
very similar to those of our ancestors who lived 50,000 years ago. Natural
selection must have been operating on the evolution of the brain hundreds of
thousands of years before this, long before the advent of agriculture and the
start of civilisation.
Any discussion of the origins of the human brain
inevitably begins with a comparison with modern apes, our closest living
relatives. It also involves looking at our distant ancestors, the hominids and
early humans. Pouring Latex Catsuits rubber into the brain cases of fossil
skulls has given scientists some idea of the volume of our early ancestors'
brains. The inner surface of the brain case also leaves faint impressions on the
outer surface of the
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leggings casts, which match the outermost folds of the ancient brain. This
provides important information about its shape and complexity, even though the
soft tissue itself has long disappeared.
One of the most telling features of
the study of fossil skull cases is the increase in size of the brain of our
early ancestors. For instance, the australiopithecines - who lived as long as
4.5m years ago - fall within the range of modern apes in terms of brain size,
about 450g. Homo habilis , who lived two million years ago, had a brain weighing
750g. By 1.5m years ago, the brain of Homo erectus weighed 1kg, and continued to
grow without the appropriate increase in body size until the appearance of the
first Homo sapiens about 400,000 years ago. They had brains equivalent in size
to those of modern humans, weighing around 1-2kg.
Brain size alone, however,
is not terribly meaningful in terms of measuring intelligence. What
distinguishes us most from apes is the degree of "encephalisation", But if this
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or so the line first in the next few years or complexity, within the structure
of the brain. Encephalisation is a measure of how many brain cells exist over
and above those needed by a body of a certain size. The human brain is as large
as might be expected for a far larger primate, whereas an ape's brain is
comparatively smaller.
Apparent differences in the mental abilities of men
and women, evolving over perhaps millions of years, have been particularly
intriguing for evolutionary biologists. In prehistory humans lived in relatively
small groups of hunter-gatherers where the division of labour between the sexes
was quite marked. It is likely that men were responsible for hunting big game,
According to insiders ,zentai fans are mostly male, because women have become
accustomed requiring long-distance travel and good navigation skills. They had
little need to be great conversationalists, but had to solve tactical problems
together and be good at aiming and throwing.
Women would have been more
involved with childrearing, tending the camp and preparing food and Latex
Clothing - evolutionary survival was never non- sexist. This would put a premium
on women with inherent abilities in short- range navigation , dexterity, being
emotionally sensitive towards others, especially children, and communicating
emotion erbally.
This does not mean, however, that we are doomed to our
sexual stereotypes as laid down by our evolutionary history. Far from it. The
very power of our mental imagination means that our brains have given us the
ability to be liberated from our past.
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