Homo floresiensis back in the news
by John at 5/07/2009 10:03:00 AM
Hobbits 'are a separate species'
Two new papers in Nature argue that the skeletons of diminutive humanoids found on the Indonesian island Flores in fact belong to members of a different species than Homo sapiens, and are not diseased individuals as some have hypothesized. The papers do not address the issue of whether they made cozy homes under the ground, or whether their unusually large feet were, in fact, hairy.
Interesting news, but mostly I just wanted to use this picture.
Two new papers in Nature argue that the skeletons of diminutive humanoids found on the Indonesian island Flores in fact belong to members of a different species than Homo sapiens, and are not diseased individuals as some have hypothesized. The papers do not address the issue of whether they made cozy homes under the ground, or whether their unusually large feet were, in fact, hairy.
Interesting news, but mostly I just wanted to use this picture.
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