Re: Scientists Find Prehistoric Dwarf Skeleton

From: deowll (deowll_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:12:06 -0500

"Rune Børsjø" <buggeroffm@te.com> wrote in message
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> On 27 Oct 2004 18:56:25 -0700, algis@RiverApes.com (Algis Kuliukas)
> wrote:
>
>>2) About the tiny brain size. Isn't this rather a blow to the bigger
>>brains for greater intelligence idea? Henry Gee seems to agree. "The
>>whole idea that you need a particular brain size to do anything
>>intelligent is completely blown away by this find."
>
> Considering how much of our brain we actually use, I'd tend to agree.
>
> By the way, how does creationism explain the existence of other
> hominids?

You are either a full and normal human or you are nothing but an ape. They
don't agree on which is which because the line is blurry.

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