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- noun medicine The condition of having a small
brain .
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Examples
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Martin of the Field Museum in Chicago and co-authors challenged the original classification, arguing that it appears to be a modern human suffering from microencephaly, a genetic disorder that results in small brain size and other defects.
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If they discovered these in the middle of Europe, surrounded by other Erectine fossils, I might be more inclined to believe the microencephaly claim.
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Another hurdle would be the unique characteristics not common with microencephaly.
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