Anthropologist Peter Brown examines the Hobbit fossils.
Credit: Peter Brown
27 comments:
Sergio
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This information is amazing though it seemed way to much of an exaggeration when they said the Indonesia was half the world away from Africa. Indonesia is actually a fourth of the world away from Africa, about 5,500 miles away so it's not surprising that hominids from indonesia and Africa traveled from one place to the other.
All of the numbers don't add up. If the Hobbits were our cousins, I still don't get how they got here. Also how were they capable to hunt if they could barely run. It is like telling a 2 year old to go hunt deer. If there brains were 1/3 the size of an adults how were they capable to create tools?!
When I first read this my mind went to Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I was like, "Oh my god! Frodo and Sammie may be realted to use. Oh my god!! When I read this article I was like oh wow!!
Brain size doesn't have anything to do with intelligence. This is shown by a dolphin still being more intelligent than an elephant. Many small people have been known to be smart. Did you now that the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was very short. As said before, Size does not interfere with intelligence. Also, the character from lord of the rings is called Sam and not Sammie. Secondly, why would you compare it to a fantasy book. True, it's a descriptive book that captures the essence of addiction but it is still fantasy. The only thing that Lord of the Rings bring into the blog is that in it, hobbits are considered relatives of the race of Men.
First, Chazzzy? Really? Secondly, I agree with Sergio that they were exaggerating the distance between Africa and Asia. Their other hypothesis, that humans went from Africa to Asia to Africa, what would the purpose be to do that? Wouldn't that waste energy that the ancients needed to get food. What would the point be? If there was no good reason I think that the hypothesis would be very unlikely.
This is an awesome article. It's cool to think that we evolved from people who had a head the size of 1/3 of our brain. I wonder if in the future an average adults head is 3 times ours. It is also weird that the hobbits were healthy considering that they lived in the past with teeny brains which may have not allowed them to think about poisonous foods.
I agree with Gillian. It would be unlikely that humanoids would be able move such large distances a long time ago. Maybe, a species could have moved throughout the regions before Pangaea separated and the separated species evolved similarly in the two different places.
Out of all the other articles, this one was the best. I agree with Sergio and Gillian. I disagree with Chaz because he said that the fact that a hobbit's brain is 1/3 the size of ours, they are 1/3 as smart as us. This is not true. The average human brain weight is 1200g and the average dolphin brain weight is 1500g. I will ask you. Which one is smarter? Obviously and hopefully you will pick humans. The only thing I disagree with Sergio in is that dolphins are smarter than elephants. There is a big debate upon which one is smarter because each one has different skills. Elephants have: communication over large distances, death rituals and the best memory. Dolphins can: create mental images, communicate over long distances and create songs.
This article is so cool! One tooth lead to all this. It does seem like an exaggeration when they say that Indonesia is half a world away from Africa, so I agree with Sergio on that one. It is cool that the Hobbits could be our cousins.
I thought that this was really cool that hobbits could be our cousins. Also, Indonesia is not half way around the world from Africa. I agree with Emory. It would be really cool if in the future people had a head three times as big as ours. That would be really big, but they would look back at us thinking, "Wow, those people had tiny heads!"
I think this is really cool but I agree that some of these things may have been exaggerated to make them sound more interesting, but I'm not really sure. I agree that just because you have a bigger brain does not mean you are smarter. This might increase your chances of being smarter, but it does not automatically mean you are smarter than a person with a smaller brain than you.
In response to Emory an Amanda, evolution isn't predictable. If humans were to evolve it would be to adapt and not to have a bigger head. If anything, humanity might go through insular dwarfism because it's a small overcrowded planet. Also, I doubt that the human race will evolve much before it is wiped out. Considering how many problems we are faced with today, human society might not even live long enough to enter the 22th century.
That is cool that we might be distant relatives of Frodo! It is interesting that even though it has been thought humans developed entirely in Africa, when they might have partially developed in Southeastern Asia. It is also interesting how the scientists can not entirely come to a logical conclusion of where they came from. One species came from too far away, another was more advance... I might always be a mystery.
Here is my theory: Bilbo Baggins was living peacefully with his nephew Frodo Baggins and their Hobbit tribe. Then, on Bilbo's eleventy first birthday, he threw a huge party. The Hobbits ate so much that they all got taller. After the party, they were so tired that they forgot everything they had previously known and spread out to all the corners of the globe. But seriously, you should read J. R. R. Tolkien.
I am amazed how they can hypothesize all of this with a single tooth. Also, I disagree with Chaz. Just because they're brains were that much smaller doesn't mean their intelligence was that low.
27 comments:
This information is amazing though it seemed way to much of an exaggeration when they said the Indonesia was half the world away from Africa. Indonesia is actually a fourth of the world away from Africa, about 5,500 miles away so it's not surprising that hominids from indonesia and Africa traveled from one place to the other.
So does this mean Frodo's related to us?
All of the numbers don't add up. If the Hobbits were our cousins, I still don't get how they got here. Also how were they capable to hunt if they could barely run.
It is like telling a 2 year old to go hunt deer. If there brains were 1/3 the size of an adults how were they capable to create tools?!
When I first read this my mind went to Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I was like, "Oh my god! Frodo and Sammie may be realted to use. Oh my god!! When I read this article I was like oh wow!!
Brain size doesn't have anything to do with intelligence. This is shown by a dolphin still being more intelligent than an elephant. Many small people have been known to be smart. Did you now that the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was very short. As said before, Size does not interfere with intelligence. Also, the character from lord of the rings is called Sam and not Sammie. Secondly, why would you compare it to a fantasy book. True, it's a descriptive book that captures the essence of addiction but it is still fantasy. The only thing that Lord of the Rings bring into the blog is that in it, hobbits are considered relatives of the race of Men.
First, Chazzzy? Really? Secondly, I agree with Sergio that they were exaggerating the distance between Africa and Asia. Their other hypothesis, that humans went from Africa to Asia to Africa, what would the purpose be to do that? Wouldn't that waste energy that the ancients needed to get food. What would the point be? If there was no good reason I think that the hypothesis would be very unlikely.
This is an awesome article. It's cool to think that we evolved from people who had a head the size of 1/3 of our brain. I wonder if in the future an average adults head is 3 times ours. It is also weird that the hobbits were healthy considering that they lived in the past with teeny brains which may have not allowed them to think about poisonous foods.
I agree with Gillian. It would be unlikely that humanoids would be able move such large distances a long time ago. Maybe, a species could have moved throughout the regions before Pangaea separated and the separated species evolved similarly in the two different places.
Out of all the other articles, this one was the best. I agree with Sergio and Gillian. I disagree with Chaz because he said that the fact that a hobbit's brain is 1/3 the size of ours, they are 1/3 as smart as us. This is not true. The average human brain weight is 1200g and the average dolphin brain weight is 1500g. I will ask you. Which one is smarter? Obviously and hopefully you will pick humans. The only thing I disagree with Sergio in is that dolphins are smarter than elephants. There is a big debate upon which one is smarter because each one has different skills. Elephants have: communication over large distances, death rituals and the best memory. Dolphins can: create mental images, communicate over long distances and create songs.
This article is so cool! One tooth lead to all this. It does seem like an exaggeration when they say that Indonesia is half a world away from Africa, so I agree with Sergio on that one. It is cool that the Hobbits could be our cousins.
I thought that this was really cool that hobbits could be our cousins. Also, Indonesia is not half way around the world from Africa. I agree with Emory. It would be really cool if in the future people had a head three times as big as ours. That would be really big, but they would look back at us thinking, "Wow, those people had tiny heads!"
I think this is really cool but I agree that some of these things may have been exaggerated to make them sound more interesting, but I'm not really sure. I agree that just because you have a bigger brain does not mean you are smarter. This might increase your chances of being smarter, but it does not automatically mean you are smarter than a person with a smaller brain than you.
In response to Emory an Amanda, evolution isn't predictable. If humans were to evolve it would be to adapt and not to have a bigger head. If anything, humanity might go through insular dwarfism because it's a small overcrowded planet. Also, I doubt that the human race will evolve much before it is wiped out. Considering how many problems we are faced with today, human society might not even live long enough to enter the 22th century.
That is cool that we might be distant relatives of Frodo! It is interesting that even though it has been thought humans developed entirely in Africa, when they might have partially developed in Southeastern Asia. It is also interesting how the scientists can not entirely come to a logical conclusion of where they came from. One species came from too far away, another was more advance... I might always be a mystery.
Here is my theory: Bilbo Baggins was living peacefully with his nephew Frodo Baggins and their Hobbit tribe. Then, on Bilbo's eleventy first birthday, he threw a huge party. The Hobbits ate so much that they all got taller. After the party, they were so tired that they forgot everything they had previously known and spread out to all the corners of the globe. But seriously, you should read J. R. R. Tolkien.
I am amazed how they can hypothesize all of this with a single tooth. Also, I disagree with Chaz. Just because they're brains were that much smaller doesn't mean their intelligence was that low.
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