[1LongTimeLurker]

Please note the sticker on this story: This is only a theory.

[Calpernia]

Pippin? Is that you?

[Rocko]

Ping, if you will.

[frithguild]

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?

[marblehead17]

paging Frodo. ping

[AndyTheBear]

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.

[PeterFinn]

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

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.

[RightWhale]

It wouldn't have to be an ancestor. Could be a cousin.

[NYFriend]

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?

[Capriole]

I like this theory. It's the only thing that could explain where my ex-husband came from.

[Alouette]

Pygmy?

[walden]

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?

[walden]

OOPS!! Should have finished reading the article before I commented. Sorry!

[blam]

Hobbit 'Was Not A Diseased Human'

[Imaverygooddriver]

[Truth666]

I just explained the fraud in detail  here

Australian Scientist Disputes 'Hobbit' Findings (Stop evolution lies - petition)

[Truth666]

As many as seven tiny individuals were represented by the bones in layers that were dated from 95,000 to 12,000 years ago.
I just explained the fraud in detail  here

Australian Scientist Disputes 'Hobbit' Findings (Stop evolution lies - petition)

[SunkenCiv]

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