We don’t know if it mattered. Unlikely. The trade off in size vs neoteny is speed and impulse vs contemplative intelligence. Aggression requires scale and speed. Complex thinking requires lowering aggression, gaining contemplation, in exchange for higher returns of cooperation.
Source date (UTC): 2020-12-30 18:18:54 UTC
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