On 13/06/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No you've not paid attention to the literature. A larger brain is > helpful up to the point where it stops helping with basic survival. > This happens quite a bit smaller than ours. In fact at the size of homo > habilis, after that, until the advent of true tool making and real > cooperation beyond a hunt it's just dead weight.
It's certainly not a waste when when methods of locating and utilizing water or living in extremes or navigating distances to water/food sources/safety would be required ensure survival. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
