http://anthropology.net/2007/01/30/dean-falk-is-saying-homo-floresiensis-was-own-species/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://anthropology.net/2007/01/30/dean-falk-is-saying-homo-floresiensis-was-own-species/#comment-13156 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:08:58 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/01/30/dean-falk-is-saying-homo-floresiensis-was-own-species/#comment-13156 [...] Dean Falk will be providing an explanation of her 2007 CAT scan of the H. floresiensis brain and the comparisons she did to microcephalic brains. If you don’t remember, she believes the hobbit represents a healthy, and so far unique, specimen of ancient humanity. But as you may also know, the hobbit’s brain size is really small — around 380 cc and the archaeological assemblage attributed to H. floresiensis is way more advanced than what we’ve seen made by other hominids with similar brain sizes. [...]

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