Re: Brain Size
Glenn Dixon (webwide@flash.net)
Thu, 05 Sep 1996 09:11:25 -0700Glenn Morton wrote:
>
> GlennD wrote:
>
> >I have always heard that we humans use approximately 5 - 10% of our brain
> >capacity, on average. I have a couple of questions regarding that:
> >
> >1) Is this accurate? If not, what *is* the average?
> >
> >2) If accurate, how is it that we evolved a brain with a capacity 90%
> >higher than we actually use? If not accurate,
> >but still significantly lower than 100%, I believe this second question is
> >still valid.
> >
> Let me place this view in another perspective. If mankind can get along with
> only 10% of this brain power, why would we say that Homo erectus is unable to
> be human when he has 5 times the capacity in his brain as we are apparently
> able to use?
uhmmmmmm....I'm not sure I'm following your math here.....
Homo erectus brain capacity = 5 X Homo sapien brain usage..???
which would work out to:
Homo erectus brain capacity = 5 X 10%
Homo erectus brain capacity = 50%
i.e., Homo erectus has half the brain capacity of Homo sapien
did I miss something here?
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