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From an evolutionary perspective, the size of our brain relative to earlier hominids like Neanderthals is intriguing. Neanderthals had larger brains—about 30% bigger—but humans are considered smarter. This suggests that brain size alone isn't the sole determinant of intelligence; perhaps humans have developed more efficient algorithms for cognition, or better neural architectures for information processing. It raises the possibility that the human brain already contains the fundamental capacity (or universal algorithms) to approximate any cognitive function.