Cultural arrogance?

This has got my hackles up!!

From a news report …

Hobbit people brainer than first thought

A hobbit-like prehistoric people discovered in Indonesia might be known for their grapefruit-sized brains but they’re much smarter than researchers initially gave them credit for, a new study has found.Research by Australian and Indonesian archaeologists shows that the so-called “hobbits” who lived on the remote island of Flores more than 12,000 years ago probably knew how to make stone tools. You can Read on …

But what sort of arrogance are we indulging in here? What makes us think we have superior brains? Where has it got us – this superior brain – a world polluted, overcrowded with people too busy to even notice the world or humanity?

Did we evolve from the hobbits in Indonesia? Can we return? Is there a compromise?