The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis
2005
Falk, Dean | Hildebolt, Charles | Smith, Kirk | Morwood, M. J. | Sutikna, Thomas | Brown, Peter | Jatmiko | Saptomo, E Wayhu | Brunsden, Barry | Prior, Fred
The brain of Homo floresiensis was assessed by comparing a virtual endocast from the type specimen (LB1) with endocasts from great apes, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, a human pygmy, a human microcephalic, specimen number Sts 5 (Australopithecus africanus), and specimen number WT 17000 (Paranthropus aethiopicus). Morphometric, allometric, and shape data indicate that LB1 is not a microcephalic or pygmy. LB1's brain/body size ratio scales like that of an australopithecine, but its endocast shape resembles that of Homo erectus. LB1 has derived frontal and temporal lobes and a lunate sulcus in a derived position, which are consistent with capabilities for higher cognitive processing.
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