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mk  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paying For Our Big Brains

    After all, no other species uses fire to prepare their food and we’re the only primate to eat a large quantity of meat.

It does seem strange to me to use other animals as a measure of the gut vs. brain hypothesis. Without opposable thumbs and bipedalism, other species might lack a rewarding avenue to take advantage of trading gut for brain.

I wonder what the plot looks like for primates?