About This Episode
Ever wondered how evolution shaped the way we think? Quintin Torres breaks down how early humans developed stronger skulls that could handle more impact — allowing the prefrontal cortex to grow and evolve. Over generations, this shift didn’t just protect our brains… it made us more intelligent, more strategic, and better at problem-solving. From primal competition to higher consciousness — it’s all written in our bones. Full episode 👉 https://youtu.be/BycFPn3sK14 #HumanEvolution #ScienceFacts #Neuroscience #Shorts
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If you look at most primates, the orbitals around their skull are not are not reinforced with bone. They're actually they actually come outwards. They're external. Ours are internal. And we have all this hardy bone around our head which kind of promote. And if you look at a primate skull, the forehead is actually flatter. It doesn't come out. And so the more males that have been able to compete well, that can hunt well, that can see well, that can talk well, but the males that can withstand more blows to the head more efficiently, more bone starts to adapt. Those males live. And every generation, the skull got more protruded forward and forward and forward, which also made space for the prefrontal cortex to start growing more. And that's where thinking, calculation, problem solving really starts to happen in the prefrontal corp cortex.