Hi William;

> I assume this degeneration includes brain function - would explain a lot - 
> so then, how can we be as smart as those with bigger brains and better 
> bodies?

Size is not necessarily an indicaor of intelligence - some theorize that the 
difference in the ways that the brain is folded is an indicator:

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/19/1082326124533.html

Besides women brains are usually about 20% lighter on average than mans - 
meaning that you are saying that we woman are less intelligent?

From: http://www.cpa.org.au/garchive/961ein.htm :

"Further, that women are less intelligent as, on an average, women's brains
are 20 per cent lighter than men's brains.

To start with the purely anatomical view on intelligence, it must be
understood that intelligence is not a function of the size of the brain or
the amount of neurons (nerve cells in the brain).

The complexity of the connections between these neurons and the size of the
brain in relation to the rest of the body are much more important."

Marilyn