Yes, we are. But we could be even cooler with some synthetic augmentations. How long do we have to wait for the future really?

The reason they didn’t make it could have been that they were too good at that, and therefore too specialised and not able to adjust quickly enough when the interglacial started. At the same time, our own species migrated to Europe from Africa, and were already well adapted to the new landscape that was emerging here.

Anyway, I digress.

So our brains have shrunk since our peak as Neanderthals?

“All” they had to do was stay out of the way of some animals and attack others whilst keeping a healthy distance from the fire.

Now we have complex language (often multiple), abstract thoughts (everything from empathy to rocket science), more responsibilities (we need to keep down at least one job), continuous development (education, training, etc.) and a massive influx of information through news sources, gossip and raw data.

Yet we do this with less “capacity”? Perhaps we’ve passed our prime.

And the female not being able to give birth to a larger brain, come on evolution, up your game. Make the brain bigger AFTER it’s popped out. I guess this might shed some light on Reticulian birthing, with their huge heads and very slight bodies perhaps they depend entirely on “EVF” … or don’t actually exist.

I think you’re already a superhero. You’re a sciency superhero. I’m…um…an all-caps superhero. We fight crime in a very strange, but vital, way.