@K2k6
I was thinking about a snapshot of human intelligence as a whole. There have been some studies done, and (iirc) Jews have the highest average IQ - but there's really nothing in it. Plus IQ will depend a lot on cultural factors - if you're literate and used to doing tests, then you'll natually score more.

On the whole, all humans are about the same, with a few genii and a few stragglers at each end. As a species, we're remarkably boring.

I reckon we probably are more intelligent than we were - we are gnerally healthier, have a higher birthweight, and so on, and that can only help intelligence to be maximised. If you're malnourished and born to a malnourished mother, your brain simply won't develop as much (I'd have thought). A couple of generations of good feeding ought to iron that out, though. We're probably smarter than the first farmers, but not much smarter than the first people to be born on a farm, if you get my drift.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:11, Reply)