Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?"YerUgly Mug," etc.

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> > Are "primitive" human tribes which still
> > use stone age technology actually less intelligent than us?
>
> No, indeed.
One might expect they should be - primitives are typically more likely to
suffer from childhood starvation than moderns with Internet, and childhood
starvation is in turn supposed to lower adult intelligence. Is there any data
on this issue, and could such be satisfyingly obtained? The IQ tests I've seen
has not looked like they'd be much good cross-culturally.

                                                         Andreas

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