Reconstructed Face of Extinct “Hobbit” Species Is Startlingly Humanlike
December 11th, 2012 |
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Once upon a time a tiny human species with large feet shared the planet with our own kind. It hunted giant rats and miniature cousins of the elephant, defended its kills from monstrous storks and dodged fearsome dragons. This is not the plot of a lost Tolkien book. This really happened. I’m referring, of course, [...]
Keep reading »Ancient Bird Remains Illuminate Lost World of Indonesia’s “Hobbits”
November 6th, 2011 |
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LAS VEGAS–A study of bird remains from the same cave that yielded bones of a mini human species called Homo floresiensis and nicknamed the hobbit has cast new light on the lost world of this enigmatic human relative. The findings hint that the hobbits’ island home was quite ecologically diverse, and raise the possibility that [...]
Keep reading »Hominins lived on Flores for nearly 1 million years before the “hobbit”
March 17th, 2010 |
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Predecessors of the controversial "hobbit" (Homo floresiensis) discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores might have had a longer history there than researchers previously thought. Although early hominins were presumed to be living on Flores about 800,000 years ago—as evidenced by the discovery of stone tools dated to that time—new finds and analysis push their [...]
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What the small-brained hobbit reveals about primate evolution
January 26th, 2010 |
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Is bigger always better? When it comes to brain size, that has long been the prevailing theory—at least among big-brained humans. But a new analysis shows that in the course of primate evolution, brains and brawn haven’t always been on the rise. Ever since a petite female Homo floresiensis (or "hobbit") was described in 2004, [...]
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