Thursday, April 21, 2011

Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making | Spero News

Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making | Spero News: "While the concept of a human super-brain is analogous to social insects like bees and ants that collectively behave as a super-organism by gathering, processing and sharing information about their environment, there is one important difference, Hoffecker said. 'Human societies are not super-organisms -- they are composed of people who are for the most part unrelated, and societies filled with competing individuals and families.'"