Directory of Homo floresiensis Resources

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Discovered in 2004, skeletal remains show that the hominins, nicknamed 'hobbits' by some of their discoverers, were only one metre tall, had a brain one-third the size of that of modern humans, and lived on an isolated island long after Homo sapiens had migrated through the South Pacific region, 18.000 years ago.

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• "Hobbit" Discovered: Tiny Human Ancestor Found in Asia

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis.html
  Scientists have found skeletons of a human species that grew no larger than a three-year-old modern child. The species lived with pygmy elephants and giant lizards on a remote island in Indonesia. From National Geographic.

• 'Hobbit' Joins Human Family Tree

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm
  BBC News reports that the discovery of remains belonging to a tiny species of ancient human has been hailed as one of the most sensational finds of its type in decades.

• BBC: Hobbit Was 'Not a Diseased Human'

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4308751.stm
  A study suggests the famous Indonesian "Hobbit" skeleton does not belong to a modern human with a brain disease, as some claimed.

• Homo floresiensis

  http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/homo_floresiensis.php
  Account of how Dr. Mike Morwood and his colleagues searched the island of Flores for archaeological evidence of the passage of Australia's Aboriginal ancestors.

• Indonesia's Lost World: Shaking Up the Family Tree

  http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/flores/
  New discoveries on the Indonesian island of Flores are revealing that until at least 13,000 to 12,000 years ago, modern humans shared this planet with a different human species. Article from Archaeology.

• Our Not So Distant Relative

  http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/oct/28/research.highereducation1
  Article from Guardian Unlimited about the new hominid species discovered in 2004.

• Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis
  Article on the discovery of this new homanid with facts and figures.

 

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