Anna Webber

We have seen reports of Boskop brain size ranging from 1,650 to 1,900 cc. Let’s assume that an average Boskop brain was around 1,750 cc. What does this mean in terms of function? How would a person with such a brain differ from us? Our brains are roughly 25 percent larger than those of the late Homo erectus. We might say that the functional difference between us and them is about the same as between ourselves and Boskops. - Anna Webber from Bookmarklet

"Chinese archaeologists have found what could be the tomb of Cao Cao, a skilful general and ruler in the third century who was later depicted in popular folklore as the archetypal cunning politician. Archaeological officials say Cao's 8,000 sq ft tomb complex, with a 130ft passage leading to an underground chamber, was found in Xigaoxue, a village near the ancient capital of Anyang in central Henan province." - Anna Webber from Bookmarklet

For the first time, chimpanzees have been seen using tools to chop up and reduce food into smaller bite-sized portions. Chimps in the Nimba Mountains of Guinea, Africa, use both stone and wooden cleavers, as well as stone anvils, to process Treculia fruits. The apes are not simply cracking into the Treculia to get to otherwise unobtainable food, say researchers. - Anna Webber from Bookmarklet

A revolutionary new device that reads a person's thoughts and turns them into speech could soon change the lives of paralysed patients around the world. The Neuralynx System is being developed by a team of scientists led by Professor Frank Guenther at Boston University. Users will simply have to think of what they want to say and a voice synthesizer will translate the thoughts into speech almost immediately. - Anna Webber from Bookmarklet