Mammals are quite known in the animal world for our pretty “big” brains, so to speak; it supposedly allowed our ancestors to have a better shot at survival, and extended that advantage to the next generation. Can we pinpoint that to a specific “starting point,” and does it even hold water if its hypothesis was tested?
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