https://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-a8351451.html
"An ancient species of human with a brain no larger than an orange may have possessed intelligence to rival that of our own species.
Despite their size, the brains of Homo naledi have many of the sophisticated features found in modern humans.
The discovery has led to suggestions that long-standing beliefs about the evolution of human brains are “fundamentally wrong,” and much of Africa’s archaeology should be reconsidered."
Edit: actually, more to do with our ideas of brain size and intelligence....
Or, size doesn't always matter.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/de.../#.Wvr04nopChB
"An ancient species of human with a brain no larger than an orange may have possessed intelligence to rival that of our own species.
Despite their size, the brains of Homo naledi have many of the sophisticated features found in modern humans.
The discovery has led to suggestions that long-standing beliefs about the evolution of human brains are “fundamentally wrong,” and much of Africa’s archaeology should be reconsidered."
Edit: actually, more to do with our ideas of brain size and intelligence....
Or, size doesn't always matter.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/de.../#.Wvr04nopChB