----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey Purcell" 

 As a consequence, the 
frontal and temporal lobes of their brains were narrower, suggesting that they 
would have had somewhat lower mental ability.


taken from:-  http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_2.htm

Geoff


On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:29:34 -0500, Paleogal 
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>> Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
>>>
>>> As far as cooking is concerned, it's already been pointed out that the
>>> average hominid brain-size heavily expanded in size long before cooking

This doesn't necessarily mean that bigger is better.  Depends on the location in the brain.   Oliva