(June 24, 2011 at 12:01 am)liferocks Wrote: Did Professor Shea arrive at this conclusion from scientific data obtained from carefully analyzed brain matter obtained from fossil records (think about it), was he able to question the Erectus, or were conclusions made based on, now here’s the big word of the day, “FAITH” in science.
It's not faith. We know what parts of our brains control language and speech, so if Homo erectus didn't dedicate much of its brain to this region, it was not very adept at communication. By studying brain injuries in humans and determining what parts of the brain are damaged and what functions are lost, we know what part of the brain does what. No faith needed.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
