Hobbit-sized creatures - New Species

[Furtherman]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TECH/science/10/27/dwarf.cavewoman.ap/story.h.floresiensis.ap.jpg

In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet. (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/27/dwarf.cavewoman.ap/index.html)



researchers say the perseverance of Flores Man smashes the conventional wisdom that modern humans began to systematically crowd out other upright-walking species 160,000 years ago and have dominated the planet alone for tens of thousands of years. And it demonstrates that Africa, the acknowledged cradle of humanity, does not hold all the answers to persistent questions of how -- and where -- we came to be.


A possible new species of human. She lived on an island with giant lizards and miniature elephants! Good thing they're extinct. Disney would have been all over that island.

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That wombat looks like good eatin'


That's a pretty fascinating article, Furtherman. Thanks.

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[Furtherman]

The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Bigfoot and the Yeti more seriously. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm)



Yet there are hints H. floresiensis could have lived on much later than this. The myths say Ebu Gogo were alive when Dutch explorers arrived a few hundred years ago and the very last legend featuring the mythical creatures dates to 100 years ago. But Henry Gee, senior editor at Nature magazine, goes further. He speculates that species like H.floresiensis might still exist, somewhere in the unexplored tropical forest of Indonesia.


This is why the Jungle Yeti (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3734946.stm) is still a possibility.

Impossible? Sure, but what city is celebrating this weekend?

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[Furtherman]

In a an analysis of the size, shape and asymmetry of the cranium of Homo floresiensis, Karen Baab, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Anatomical Scienes at Stony Brook University, and colleagues conclude that the fossil, found in Indonesia in 2003 and known as the “Hobbit,” is not human. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120144508.htm)

The results of this study are also in line with what other researchers in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University have found regarding the rest of the hobbit skeleton. Drs. William Jungers and Susan Larson have documented a range of primitive features in both the upper and lower limbs of Homo floresiensis, highlighting the many ways that these hominins were unlike modern humans.

[cougarjake13]

In a an analysis of the size, shape and asymmetry of the cranium of Homo floresiensis, Karen Baab, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Anatomical Scienes at Stony Brook University, and colleagues conclude that the fossil, found in Indonesia in 2003 and known as the “Hobbit,” is not human. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120144508.htm)

if theyre not human then what the hell are they ??

[dino_electropolis]

Yeah, this story went from fascinating to scary.

[Gvac]

I hope someone finds my feet 10,000 years from now.

It'll fuel Hobbit talk all over again. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8028)

[Furtherman]

if theyre not human then what the hell are they ??

A new species. Just as the Neanderthals, Gvac's feet and a dozen other so bipedal hominids that lived on this planet were not human as we are today.

[Furtherman]

They've made the ancestral lineup!

http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/origins.jpg

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[Dude!]

They've made the ancestral lineup!

http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/origins.jpg

http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/evolution.jpg

I'm descended from # 2, above
i don't know about
the rest of you monkeys

[Patient zer0]

They make for great stews and braised dishes

[MC Pee Pants]

I saw a show about this almost 2 years ago on Nat Geo I think. Old news.

[hanso]

Same here from China. Also those disks were found near in the same local.