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Tiny new species of human unearthed - most important palaeoanthropological find for 50 years
newscientist. ^ | 27 October 04

Posted on 10/27/2004 11:28:18 AM PDT by Truth666

The remains of a tiny and hitherto unknown species of human that lived as recently as 13,000 years ago have been discovered on an Indonesian island.
The discovery has been heralded as the most important palaeoanthropological find for 50 years, and has radically altered the accepted picture of human evolution.
The female skeleton, known as LB1 - or by the nickname "Ebu" - has been assigned to a new species within the genus Homo - Homo floresiensis. Examination of the remains shows members of the species stood just 1 metre tall and had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit.
A handful of stone tools from the same period were also found in the caves, along with the bones and teeth of several dwarf stegodons, an ancestor of the modern elephant.
Instead of following a simple evolutionary path culminating in modern humans - Homo sapiens - the discovery of LB1 suggests early humans branched into many more forms than previously thought - some of which survived until very recently. The find also shows that small-brained humans could evolve without losing much of their intelligence.
"It is literally jaw-dropping," says Bernard Wood, an anthropologist at George Washington University in Washington DC, US. "The implications for the evolution of the [human] brain are among the most interesting."
"It raises the whole issue of what it is to be human, or a member of the genus Homo," adds Chris Stringer at the Natural History Museum in London, UK. "And shows how little we really know about human evolution."

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; crevolist; evolution; floresiensis; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; hobbit; homofloresiensis
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1 posted on 10/27/2004 11:28:18 AM PDT by Truth666
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To: Truth666

It looks just like Donna Shalala!


2 posted on 10/27/2004 11:29:55 AM PDT by snopercod (Inflation, it's how wars are paid for.)
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To: Truth666

had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit.

A kerry suppoter then.


3 posted on 10/27/2004 11:30:15 AM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: MVP)
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To: Truth666
members of the species stood just 1 metre tall and had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit.

Living specimens can be found in Hollywood.

4 posted on 10/27/2004 11:30:22 AM PDT by Argus
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To: Truth666

bump for future read


5 posted on 10/27/2004 11:30:27 AM PDT by SnarlinCubBear (Spaniels for Bush....woo...woo...)
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To: Truth666

6 posted on 10/27/2004 11:30:29 AM PDT by mnehring (cBS- Fourth Column, Fifth Estate, Disinformers)
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To: Truth666
a brain no bigger than a grapefruit.

Voted Democrat?

7 posted on 10/27/2004 11:31:10 AM PDT by old3030 (Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped -- Elbert Hubbard)
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To: Truth666

wow


8 posted on 10/27/2004 11:31:14 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: PatrickHenry; longshadow; Junior; jennyp

Crevo ping. If anyone has a Hobbit ping list, this might go there too.


9 posted on 10/27/2004 11:31:35 AM PDT by VadeRetro (A self-reliant conservative citizenry is a better bet than the subjects of an overbearing state. -MS)
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To: Truth666

"...and had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit."

Democrats haven't evolved much, have they?


10 posted on 10/27/2004 11:31:42 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
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To: Truth666

Tom Daschl?


11 posted on 10/27/2004 11:31:56 AM PDT by cajungirl (Kerry:Bad for Geese, Bad for America)
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To: Truth666
homo sapiens robertreichus
12 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:08 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Osama is lying low because he's in no condition to get up. -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Truth666

13 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:09 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Truth666

Evolution...for those who haven't figured it out...occurred. In the real world...only the strong survive...and this particular human group didn't make it. Life goes on.


14 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:33 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: mnehrling

Ah, you beat me!


15 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:36 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Osama is lying low because he's in no condition to get up. -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Truth666

This has very little to do with human evolution as this find is 13000 years ago and archaic human sapiens have been found dating to 100,000 years ago if you accept naturalistic philosophy.


16 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:42 AM PDT by delapaz (http://www.nixguy.com)
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To: Truth666

"had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit"

John Kerry?


17 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:50 AM PDT by 50 Cal (A Lawyer is nothing but a Politician in Larval Form!)
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To: Truth666
"It raises the whole issue of what it is to be human, or a member of the genus Homo,"

So it's an either/or thing? Cool. Glad I'm a Human, and not a Homo...

18 posted on 10/27/2004 11:32:54 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks ("I don't worry about Muggers. My biggest fear is Poachers." - Elizabeth Edwards)
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To: Truth666
" the species stood just 1 metre tall and had a brain no bigger than a grapefruit. "

- Ha! The species never died out; Robert Reich is living proof.
19 posted on 10/27/2004 11:33:40 AM PDT by finnigan2
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To: Truth666

Wha chu talkin' 'bout, Truth?

20 posted on 10/27/2004 11:33:41 AM PDT by johniegrad
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