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South Africa: Where Hominid Brains Are Concerned, Size Doesn't Matter
Wits University, 15 May 2018
The recently-discovered species Homo naledi may have had a pint-sized brain, but that brain packed a big punch. Read more »
Homo Naledi Had a Small Brain - But Packed a Big Punch
The research team studying the newly-discovered human relative, Homo naledi, has been surprised to find that although the species' brain was small, it had a humanlike shape. This calls further into question the long-held belief that human evolution was an inevitable march towards bigger, more complex brains.
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Small Brain Didn't Hold Homo Naledi Back!, May 16, 2018
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International researchers were surprised to find that Homo naledi, a small hominin, had a remarkably complex, human-shaped brain. see more »
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"African scientists need to be part of ancestral research and African descendant communities need to be able to access the information discovered," Alan G Morris of the University ... Read more »
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Wits paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger said that the age of the Homo naledi was "startlingly young" and that it is likely the species lived alongside Homo sapiens. Read more »
