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'Hobbit' Brain Supports Species Theory
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| 3/3/05
| Joseph Verrengia
Posted on 03/03/2005 12:57:01 PM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
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Please note the sticker on this story: This is only a theory.
To: Pippin
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:03:18 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: ecurbh
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:03:50 PM PST
by
Rocko
To: 1LongTimeLurker
At the same time, they said the Hobbit brain was different from the brain of a modern human pygmy or a human with abnormal brain growth. This is your brain. This is your brain on pipeweed. Get it?
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:04:59 PM PST
by
frithguild
(Defining hypocrisy - Liberals fear liberty.)
To: Darth Reagan
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:09:18 PM PST
by
marblehead17
(I love it when a plan comes together.)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
What about the feet? If they were over-sized for the body size then maybe it was a hobbit, otherwise if there is any evidence of fossil remains of armor, war-axes, or beards then it was probably just a dwarf.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:11:20 PM PST
by
AndyTheBear
(Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
This isn't proof of evolution at all.
Look at the quote:
"The brain is chimplike in size, between 380 and 420 cubic centimeters."
The only thing this proves is that there were Democrats around even 12,000 years ago.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:13:12 PM PST
by
PeterFinn
(Why is it that people who know the least know it the loudest?)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
The Hobbit skeleton is either an ancient species of proto-human, or it is a dwarf. Fortunately, I have a computer model that will give us the answer. I ask "Is it a dwarf":
"Cannot predict now"
Drat. Let me shake my computer model. Now, let's see:
"Don't count on it"
That's obscure. I'm not sure what my computer model is telling me. I'll give it a really good shake:
"My sources say No"
There you go! Evolution of the species, confirmed through advanced computer modeling.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:13:23 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
It wouldn't have to be an ancestor. Could be a cousin.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:15:53 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Am I reading this correctly they compared all these "shrunken brains" with that of a modern woman? Is the author suggesting that modern woman has a smaller brain....than modern man? Should we put these people in touch with the Harvard President and his friendly female cohort of professors? They seemed to have a problem about biological differences between man and woman regarding math and or sciences studies.
To: 1LongTimeLurker
Seriously, how much does brain size tell you about inteligence? A dogs that much smarter than cats, because their heads are bigger? What about big dogs vs. small dogs?
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:43:24 PM PST
by
NYFriend
To: PeterFinn
The only thing this proves is that there were Democrats around even 12,000 years ago. Aw, you beat me to the punch!
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03/03/2005 2:34:37 PM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(BALLISTIC CATHARSIS: perforating uncooperative objects with chunks of lead)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
I like this theory. It's the only thing that could explain where my ex-husband came from.
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posted on
03/03/2005 3:51:10 PM PST
by
Capriole
(I don't have any problems that can't be solved by more chocolate or more ammunition)
To: 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Alouette; ambrose; Anitius Severinus Boethius; artios; AUsome Joy; ...
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posted on
03/03/2005 4:54:54 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
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posted on
03/03/2005 5:32:42 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Learned Mother of Zion)
To: ecurbh
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posted on
03/03/2005 5:42:22 PM PST
by
Samwise
(On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.)
To: AndyTheBear
An overabundance of foodstuffs in the cave would also indicate Hobbits.
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posted on
03/03/2005 5:48:50 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(More cleverly arranged 1's and 0's)
To: 1LongTimeLurker
This is ONE sample, a single speciman-- what makes them so sure there were lots of them? Couldn't it just be a dwarf, or some other birth-defect?
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posted on
03/03/2005 5:49:46 PM PST
by
walden
To: 1LongTimeLurker
OOPS!! Should have finished reading the article before I commented. Sorry!
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posted on
03/03/2005 5:51:03 PM PST
by
walden
To: 1LongTimeLurker
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posted on
03/03/2005 6:09:36 PM PST
by
blam
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