[shuckmaster]

"Whatever else is true, that brain is simply too small for an 18,000 year-old hominid,"

I agree! The hobbits are probably an isolated branch of erectus or another early pre-human.

[Pippin]

I resemble that remark! LOL!

[blam]

GGG Ping.

"I agree! The hobbits are probably an isolated branch of erectus or another early pre-human."

I agree too.

The brain shape is most like Homo-Erectus and it has a Brocha's Area four times larger than Modern Humans.

[js1138]

This should be obvious, but intelligence isn't closely correlated with brain size within the same species.

Also the correlation that does exist is in the ratio of brain size to body weight. Small people can have smaller brains without being less intelligent.

The configuration of the brain also matters.

[Coyoteman]

"Whatever else is true, that brain is simply too small for an 18,000 year-old hominid,"

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I agree! The hobbits are probably an isolated branch of erectus or another early pre-human.

Fascinating in either case! We're going to learn a lot from this one.