Re: Austrailia
HARRY R. ERWIN (herwin@osf1.gmu.edu)
29 Sep 1995 01:01:19 GMT
Jim Foley (jimf@vangelis.FtCollins.NCR.com) wrote:
: In article
: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950924170834.13547A-100000-100000@inibara.cc.columbia.edu>,
: Ralph L Holloway <rlh2@columbia.edu> wrote:
: >
: >Whoa. It's pretty rare that female Australian Aboriginal brain
: >endocasts get lower than about 900 ml, but it is true that on the
: >average, Australian Aboriginal brain weights are somewhat lower than,
: >say, Caucasian or Asian, at least from the data I've looked at.
: >> HARRY R. ERWIN (herwin@osf1.gmu.edu) sez:
: >>
: >> [...]
: >>
: >> Second, these early cultures were very definitely transitional in
: >> `multiple senses, both to archaic H. sapiens and (possibly) to very late H.
: >> `erectus. Even today, some North Australian native groups have (female)
: >> `endocast volumes in the low H. erectus range (about 750 cc). Those folks
: >> `are fully modern in culture, behavior, and intelligence. Think about that!
: Ralph and Harry,
: Any references on these low brain weights? How many of them get below
: 900, or 800 cc, say? What about male brains? Are they also low, or
: closer to the modern norm?
OK 800-900 cc. The 750 was a recollection from 30 years ago.
Unfortunately, I can't find my old copy of Murdoch to see what it really
said.
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: Jim (Chris) Foley, jim.foley@symbios.com
: Assoc. Prof. of Omphalic Envy Research interest:
: Department of Anthropology Primitive hominids
: University of Ediacara (Australopithecus creationistii)
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