{"id":70882,"date":"2013-04-18T09:41:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70882"},"modified":"2013-04-18T09:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T14:41:30","slug":"hobbits-vs-humans-bigger-brains-than-once-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/04\/18\/70882-hobbits-vs-humans-bigger-brains-than-once-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbits vs. Humans: Bigger Brains Than Once Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itechpost.com\/articles\/7985\/20130417\/hobbits-vs-humans-bigger-brains-once-thought.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-70883 no-lazyload\" alt=\"one-hemisphere-of-a-healthy-brain-l-is-pictured-next-to-one-hemisphere-of-a-brain-of-a-person-sufferin-the-neuropsychiatry-division-of-the-belle-idee-university-hospital-in-chene-b.jpg 430\u00d7273 pixels\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/one-hemisphere-of-a-healthy-brain-l-is-pictured-next-to-one-hemisphere-of-a-brain-of-a-person-sufferin-the-neuropsychiatry-division-of-the-belle-idee-university-hospital-in-chene-b.jpg-430\u00d7273-pixels-300x189.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/one-hemisphere-of-a-healthy-brain-l-is-pictured-next-to-one-hemisphere-of-a-brain-of-a-person-sufferin-the-neuropsychiatry-division-of-the-belle-idee-university-hospital-in-chene-b.jpg-430\u00d7273-pixels-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/one-hemisphere-of-a-healthy-brain-l-is-pictured-next-to-one-hemisphere-of-a-brain-of-a-person-sufferin-the-neuropsychiatry-division-of-the-belle-idee-university-hospital-in-chene-b.jpg-430\u00d7273-pixels.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>iTech Post.com:<\/em> Ancient humans that bear a resemblance to the fictional hobbit creatures apparently had bigger brains than we previously gave them credit for.<\/p>\n<p>The species known as Homo floresiensis was previously thought to have a brain volume of 400 cc, but it was actually 426 cc, bringing their brain size to roughly the same as a chimpanzee. 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