Early human relative that went extinct:

http://phys.org/news/2014-01-biology-early-human-relative-uncovered.html#nRlv

They didn't say what the brain probably weighed so don't know if these creatures were smarter than say, chimps of today or same level.

Here is a Wiki about it, they call it the 'Nutcracker man'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus_boisei

So the brain was about the same as modern day chimps.

Enough to get by I guess but not enough to make a real civilization.

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-biology-early-human-relative-uncovered.html#nRlv

They didn't say what the brain probably weighed so don't know if these creatures were smarter than say, chimps of today or same level.

Here is a Wiki about it, they call it the 'Nutcracker man'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus_boisei

So the brain was about t ...[text shortened]... e as modern day chimps.

Enough to get by I guess but not enough to make a real civilization.

It might be your relative, but it sure ain't mine.

Originally posted by RJHinds
It might be your relative, but it sure ain't mine.

That's probably true, it's WAY too advanced for your folk.

Originally posted by sonhouse
That's probably true, it's WAY too advanced for your folk.

Ha, ha. You think it's advanced, huh?

Originally posted by RJHinds
Ha, ha. You think it's advanced, huh?

I said it was way more advanced than YOU.

RJ - I hope you are donating your brain to science when you die.

After all it will be worth a fortune ... its barely been used!