#Neanderthal #brains measure up to ours—literally
If you look at Neanderthal and
#HomoSapiens #skulls, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal are lower and longer, ours tend to be rounder.
New results suggest there’s more variation in brain size among modern people than between Neanderthals and
#Pleistocene Homo sapiens. And because brain size is actually a terrible way to predict cognitive capability, Neanderthals could have be more like us than previous studies claimed.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/neanderthal-brains-measure-up-to-ours-literally/