BRAIN DUMP
Because enquiring minds need to know…
MEET THE EXPERTS
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JO ELPHICK
LAUREN EYLES
ANDY EXTANCE
ANDREW MAY
Research suggests that Neanderthal craniums were sometimes larger than that of Homosapiens
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HISTORY
Why couldn’t Neanderthals
evolve into a wiser human?
Emma
Although people think Neanderthals were unintelligent, they created and used tools, although they weren’t as smart as the Homo sapiens that walk the Earth today.Neanderthals went extinct in Europe 40,000 years ago, likely due to the changing climate. While Homo sapiens ate a variety of foods, Neanderthals feasted on woolly mammoths. When they moved to warmer climates, they were left without food. As they interbred with humans, their DNA mixed with ours. It could be argued that Neanderthal DNA did evolve into wiser humans by becoming part of the human race that we recognise today. JE
DID YOU KNOW?
Neanderthal brains were much bigger than ours
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SCIENCE
What is body odour?
Azeem Patel
■ The smells of different parts of our body are caused by many different chemicals, often containing the element sulphur. These chemicals are usually made by bacteria. In our armpits there are roughly a million bacteria per square centimetre. They take normal molecules in sweat and turn them into smelly ones. AE
DID YOU KNOW?
Bacteria turn unsmelly chemicals in sweat into smelly ones