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Futurism
1 month ago
OMG science

Scientists Find New Evidence of Hobbit-Like Creatures on Remote Island

The discovery of a bone fragment belonging to a diminutive archaic hominin in Indonesia sheds light on the evolutionary process of Homo floresiensis, revealing a fascinating aspect of human evolution. [ more ]
Inverse
1 month ago
OMG science

New Fossil Find Suggests a Story of Ancient, Shrinking Humans Marooned on an Island

Homo floresiensis fossils found in Indonesia reveal the most diminutive lineage of ancient humans ever known. [ more ]
www.dw.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Ancient 'hobbits' even smaller than originally thought DW 08/06/2024

The discovery of 700,000-year-old bone fragments on Flores Island suggests the Homo floresiensis species was even smaller than previously thought. [ more ]
english.elpais.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Smallest arm bone ever found sheds light on the mystery of the Flores hobbits'

Homo floresiensis evolved from larger ancestors to dwarf-like individuals over time on the island of Flores due to island isolation. [ more ]
Futurism
1 month ago
OMG science

Scientists Find New Evidence of Hobbit-Like Creatures on Remote Island

The discovery of a bone fragment belonging to a diminutive archaic hominin in Indonesia sheds light on the evolutionary process of Homo floresiensis, revealing a fascinating aspect of human evolution. [ more ]
Inverse
1 month ago
OMG science

New Fossil Find Suggests a Story of Ancient, Shrinking Humans Marooned on an Island

Homo floresiensis fossils found in Indonesia reveal the most diminutive lineage of ancient humans ever known. [ more ]
www.dw.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Ancient 'hobbits' even smaller than originally thought DW 08/06/2024

The discovery of 700,000-year-old bone fragments on Flores Island suggests the Homo floresiensis species was even smaller than previously thought. [ more ]
english.elpais.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Smallest arm bone ever found sheds light on the mystery of the Flores hobbits'

Homo floresiensis evolved from larger ancestors to dwarf-like individuals over time on the island of Flores due to island isolation. [ more ]
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www.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago
OMG science

What Does the 'Hobbit' Fossil Discovery Teach Us about Our Tiny Human Relatives?

The discovery of a tiny fossilized arm bone from an early Homo floresiensis member may help resolve the puzzle of its peculiar proportions. [ more ]
Nature
1 month ago
OMG science

Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found

The 700,000-year-old humerus bone fragment sheds light on the rapid evolution of the 'hobbit' species Homo floresiensis on the remote island of Flores. [ more ]
www.dw.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Ancient 'Hobbit man' even smaller than originally thought DW 08/06/2024

The discovery of 700,000-year-old bone fragments on Flores Island suggests Homo floresiensis was even shorter than previously thought. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago
OMG science

What Does the 'Hobbit' Fossil Discovery Teach Us about Our Tiny Human Relatives?

The discovery of a tiny fossilized arm bone from an early Homo floresiensis member may help resolve the puzzle of its peculiar proportions. [ more ]
Nature
1 month ago
OMG science

Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found

The 700,000-year-old humerus bone fragment sheds light on the rapid evolution of the 'hobbit' species Homo floresiensis on the remote island of Flores. [ more ]
www.dw.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Ancient 'Hobbit man' even smaller than originally thought DW 08/06/2024

The discovery of 700,000-year-old bone fragments on Flores Island suggests Homo floresiensis was even shorter than previously thought. [ more ]
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Ars Technica
1 month ago
OMG science

Indonesia's tiny hobbits descended from even smaller ancestors

The discovery of a diminutive hominin on Flores island challenges the position of Homo floresiensis in the hominin family tree, aligning it more closely with Homo erectus. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Hobbit' bones from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island

The discovery of a tiny human fossil on Flores Island sheds light on the unique island dwarfism adaptation and evolutionary origins of the hobbit species Homo floresiensis. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
OMG science

Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient Hobbit' Human

Homo floresiensis, or 'hobbits', were even smaller than previously thought with a minuscule brain size.
There is a division among scientists on how to classify Homo floresiensis within the human family tree. [ more ]
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