tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post8310027314614637744..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Humans nearly wiped out 70'000 years agoTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-2067446978740309202008-04-26T12:08:00.000+02:002008-04-26T12:08:00.000+02:00Yes, no doubt selection pressures are greater in t...Yes, no doubt selection pressures are greater in these times.<BR/><BR/>However, what I do not understand is why higher cognitive and communication (especially language) abilities should lead to a better survival? The vast majority of species modify something and it is not higher cognitive and communication abilities like language, and happily survive. Why did we humans evolved cognitive and communication abilities to survive? What was so very special about our situation?Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-21673723532110525152008-04-26T11:00:00.000+02:002008-04-26T11:00:00.000+02:00I think your spot on Tom. The rough climate simply...I think your spot on Tom. The rough climate simply called for creative thinking in order to survive.<BR/>Maybe this period lay the foundation for the development of the "modern" brain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-55112741687858787072008-04-25T13:16:00.000+02:002008-04-25T13:16:00.000+02:00No, it says droughts. The climate in the African r...No, it says droughts. The climate in the African region changed.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-17733588028631591962008-04-25T11:01:00.000+02:002008-04-25T11:01:00.000+02:00Is it due to supervolcano ?Is it due to supervolcano ?Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524864055602706537noreply@blogger.com