Anthropologist explains why Trump's boasts about his 'very large brain' are hilariously self-defeati

BRAD REED
02 OCT 2018 AT 08:56 ET



President Donald Trump last week bragged that he had a “very, very large brain” — but Dartmouth College anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva says that this boast was not nearly as impressive as the president likely imagines.

Writing at Scientific American, DeSilva explains that having a large brain is not a sign of higher intelligence, while also pointing out that Neanderthals had larger physical brains than humans despite not being as intelligent.

“Over the course of the last 30,000 years, human brains have not gotten larger,” he writes. “They have actually gotten smaller.”

Why have human brains gotten smaller? DeSilva admits that there is no conclusive answer at this point, but he does offer up some theories that scientists have batted around over the years.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/anthropologist-explains-trumps-boasts-large-brain-hilariously-self-defeating/

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/dont-brag-about-your-large-brain-pres-trump/