Sentences with phrase «brain size probably»

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Although Lucy had a brain and body the size of a large chimp — and probably slept in a tree nest — she walked fully upright and her species may already have lost its agility in trees as it adapted to life on the ground.

This suggested that the gut - shrinking phenomenon within the primate groups was probably too subtle to explain our increase in brain size completely.

But despite Berger's claims, Stringer doubts a creature with a brain size close to that of a gorilla disposed of its dead deep within a pitch - black, hard - to - navigate cave system, especially since the controlled use of fire for torches was probably also needed.

Ape brains probably hadn't changed much in size for the prior 10 million years.

The Turkana Boy Homo erectus skeleton belonged to a tall young boy who would probably have grown to around 182 cm (6 feet) in height, but his estimated adult brain size was only 910 cm3, about the size of a 3 or 4 year old modern human child.

Ape brains probably hadn't changed much in size for the prior 10 million years.