2 Responses to extinct pre-human species had 30% more cranial volume

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   Arto Bendiken

   March 24, 2008 at 6:38 pm

   Thanks for the pointer, book now added to wishlist.

   However, I have to say that, at least on the face of it, the fanciful and elaborate deductions (“more insightful and self-reflective than modern humans, with fantastic memories and a penchant for dreaming”) attributed to the book sound too much like craniometry or phrenology for comfort. So, caveat emptor.
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   J. Lasser

   March 24, 2008 at 7:22 pm

   “Intelligence is very much a two-edged sword, Captain-Doctor. It is useful only up to a point. It interferes with the business of living. Life, and intelligence, do not mix very well. They are not at all closely related, as you childishly assume.”

   - Bruce Sterling, “Swarm”