https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/16/study-people-are-getting-dumber/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:18:08 -0400<![CDATA[The reason? Life on the veldt was tough, and prehistoric humans’ genes were constantly subjected to selective pressure in an environment where the species’ survival depended on it. For humans, that meant getting smarter. ”The development of our intellectual abilities and the optimization of thousands of intelligence genes probably occurred in relatively non-verbal, dispersed groups of peoples before our ancestors emerged from Africa,” Crabtree said in a news release.]]>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:40:15 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/16/study-people-are-getting-dumber-n280437