Nicholas Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2010) — Homo floresiensis, a pygmy-sized small-brained hominin popularly known as 'the Hobbit' was discovered five years ago, but controversy continues over whether the small brain is actually due to a pathological condition. How can its tiny brain size be explained? Find it HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Grey matter is a funny thing.... complexity of neural connections and cognitions, intelligence.... most of the brain is inactive.... can loose an good portion of the brain and still survive ie traumatic accidents.... you start losing brain matter the day you are born....don't need much grey matter for basic survival of a species.... although it helps.... so the question is what defines small? The Hobbit creature did survive at one time despite its "small" brain.... better stop here... old age is setting in and loosing brain cells every second. An interesting subject. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Reminds me of bumble bees. For years engineers said they couldn't fly, but the experts didn't seem to bother them much. Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 In my opinion they probably developed tighter brain folds as they became smaller, in theory this could give them the same amount of thinking power in a smaller package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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