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What is the leading hypothesis on why humans evolving such large brains was beneficial?.
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What is the leading hypothesis on why humans evolving such large brains was beneficial?.

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  • They evolved because of spoken language and tool use.
  • *This hypothesis suggests that increased language and tool use increased selection for the capacity to reason and communicate, which favored large brains.

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