Comment · Wed, December 26, 2012
Engraved stone dating back 30,000 years found in China. Incisions imply possibility of counting or recording?
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You're assuming they lived in a less stimulating environment without offering any evidence to substantiate your claim. Chances are their environment was as stimulating as ours albeit in a different way. Perhaps they made more music, danced more. They were probably more active physically, and their knowledge of their immediate environment was most likely exceptional.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Sure, and I conceded that point. However, their nutrition was definitely not at the level we are at. This would lead to long lasting changes in the ability of their brain to learn. We can see this today in isolated communities with lack of nutrition and education. They would also not be exposed to the advanced learning that we are, and would find grasping those concepts very difficult. The densities and locations of their dendrites in their brain would be much different than our, due to these factors.