> In a message dated 97-06-10 06:31:13 EDT, you write:
>
> << Curt Adams writes:
> > As an aside, the domesticated primate (us) is the smartest
> > primate of all.
> >>
>
> Actually, dolphins are the smartest, for they have the highest brain to body
> ratio.
>
And Florida manatees have a very low brain to body ration, yet they're far
from stupid. Manatees just evolved from smaller rodents, and their brain
didn't scale with their body.
If you compare two people with equally-sized brains, will the smaller
person be smarter?