Big shoes to fill, eh? Consider ’em filled.

Boskop Man: Smarter Than the Average Human? Damn Data

Were there other groups in Africa who were actually smarter than our own ancestors? The Boskop had large heads, small bodies and faces. "Where have we heard that one before? Hmmmmm." Despite the fact that Boskop Man was little more than the product of biased sampling, it's likely that for this description alone he will be "in the limelight for a long time to come."