In Brains, Is Bigger Really Better? Consider The Insect World
Bees and ants, to name two, have famously complex behaviors and social structures governed by their tiny cerebella. "Instead of contributing intelligence, big brains might just help support bigger bodies, which have larger muscles to coordinate and more sensory information coming in. Like computers, … size might add storage capacity but [not] necessarily speed or usefulness." Discovery News 11/16/09

Posted November 18, 2009 09:45 PM