Bumble bees are much more cognitively advanced than previously thought: They play with balls, count, recognize faces, and even feel rhythm. They also achieve one of the highest peaks of cognitive performance: the ability to spontaneously solve a problem https://t.co/KhT8VGZNuc #BumbleBees #CognitiveScience #AnimalIntelligence #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
A new study published in PNAS suggests that the morphological differences between Neanderthal brains and those of modern humans are smaller than the variations observed among contemporary human populations, challenging the notion of significant cognitive inferiority in Neanderthals and indicating that their extinction may not have been due to brain structure but rather demographic or environmental factors. #Neanderthals #CognitiveScience #HumanEvolution #N/A
