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XxxBig Tree-back when I was a sociology then anthropology major I remember coming across the bio-reductionists of the later 1800's who were saying that various physical features indicated social/mental development. Oddly enough, they found the German male to be the pinnacle of human evolution/development (go figure....) Amongst the traits taken into consideration for their study was cranial size/capacity as well as genitalial magnitude, and thereby judged the Africans as inferior to the Europeans, in that while cranial differences were minor, well.. the other, not so much, at least in their eyes, and maybe locker rooms. They saw African women as the least developed, in that they were not only African, but women as well. Not only racist, but sexist to boot! If I recall correctly, that was also about the time phrenology was in high fashion, the "reading" of one's head shape and bumps and such to determine one's nature and abilities, probably future as well, as I know we humans and our obsession with trying to know what lies ahead....... Crypto- if Origins is the most recent physical anthro text you've read(I just came across my copy of it while moving boxes) it's time to catch up, man! Personally, I thought Richard Leakey had been discredited years ago, but I could well be wrong about that. Not quite of the same genre, but a book I read around the same time was Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene which had rather new conceptual approaches to things, then there was Berger&Luckmans the Social Construction of Reality, that's a good read as well...

You are the one that mentioned being scientific about the comparisons and proportions. John Green had Jim McClarin walk Patty's path. So we do have a human head size for comparison and proportions. All I'm saying is whenever a brain size is mentioned in relation to intelligence it's simply a guess at best. And unless you scaled up those sizes you have mentioned then they also have no real bearing on the subject. This just reminds me of early studies on the brain where they measured and used the shapes of various people's heads to determine their brain size and thus supposed intelligence. Our knowledge of the brain has come a ways since then.

I have to think a BF's sense of smell might be capable of differentiation of edible VS non edible mushrooms. Humans have basically destroyed our natural sense of smell with strong artificial scents. Dogs are capable of incredible abilities to sense diabetic issues, detect cancer, and locate illegal substances. If BF is half way between us and a dog it might be very capable. I have a lot of wild rabbits in my yard. One particular flop eared one digs for something that I suspect is some sort of mushroom. He makes small shallow holes all over my yard digging out something good. Maybe he is a truffle bunny or something. I know one edible truffle can be found in the NW woods.

Very clever Crowlogic. Very clever indeed how you plant the notion that what was said was some kind of rumor or something. Yep, shady tactic but you've done this sort of thing before. It ISN'T "it is said"- it is the WITNESS said. You'll downplay this in typical fashion but it's still a shady tactic no matter how you defend it. Now the WITNESS (see how I corrected that?) according to your post, said "nobody was on the other side of the river". Well, if that doesn't mean "nobody was on the other side of the river" then what DOES it mean?? Now lemme see if I can do that: "I saw someone on the beach today but it doesn't mean I saw someone on the beach today". Yeah, that about sums up your take on the matter.

By all means, please tell yet another unverified report. Include: large, hairy, smelled bad, moved on all fours and bipedally, escorted out of area, made wooden pole creations that serve no purpose, "woodknock" trees, and slap inhabited buildings. Submit the report and at least one person here will conclude that absolutely provides proof of existence. Voila!