Surviving The Hobbit Wars

Canberra Times ^ | 3-5-2007 | Simon Grose

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[mtbopfuyn]

Yeah, but has he found the ring?

[blam]

"Yeah, but has he found the ring?"

No ring.

I believe they found a shell necklace though. I read (only once) that it was 80,000 years old. That means the 'Hobbits' survived the Toba eruption (nearby) 75,000 years ago that almost snuffed out human life on earth.

[Coyoteman]

The American Association of Physical Anthropologists has released its annual meeting abstracts.

Several interesting papers, including some on the Hobbits. The page numbers are the pages in the pdf file linked above:

p. 63: Homo floresiensis Cranial and Mandibular Morphology

p. 79: A Howells Grasp on Prehistoric and Recent Japan: A Precursor to the Kennewick Connection

p. 104: More than meets the eye: LB1, the transformining Hominin [Flores cranium]

p. 106: LB1 is not a microcephalic

p. 122: The taxonomy of the Flores hominin: An historical perspective

p. 125: Understanding human races: The retreat of neutralism

p. 127: Acceleration of adaptive evolution in modern humans

p. 151: Misconceptions about the postcranial skeleton of Homo floresiensis

p. 154: Ecological correlates of the initial spread of hominids from Africa

p. 163: Collaboration with a Native American Community reveals novel insight into mitochondrial DNA history of Native North Americans [British Columbia; first discovery of haplogroup M]

p. 177: Homo floresiensis and Homo sapiens size-adjusted cranial shape variation

p. 192: The incredible shrinking molar: a study of metrics and morphology of upper third molars

p. 226: Genetic evidence concerning modern human origins

p. 232: Ancient population structure and migration in Africa inferred from genome-wide genetic markers

p. 236: Infection and human evolution

[blam]

Some very interesting articles will come out of this meeting.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. It was between the Harfoots, Stoors, and Fallohydes.

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[Eaker]

Are we doomed?

[CholeraJoe]

But do the skeletons have big hairy feet?

[Dustbunny]

I keep wondering if many archaeologists read conclusions into their finds that they would like to see rather than what is truly there.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Harold Hill]

Menehune?

[Cold Heart]

Hobbit Homo floresiensis

I guess that means I can be scientifically correct calling them hobbits when I bring up the subject with my beer drinking rat hunting buddies.

[SuzyQue]

I keep wondering if many archaeologists read conclusions into their finds that they would like to see rather than what is truly there.

That's why science has rules, that's why peer review is so important, and that's the difference between feeling and thinking. Science helps to counter our normal human tendencies to imagine things that may not be there.

[Dustbunny]

This is true but as with the 'scientic conclusions' on global warming, they drew the conclusions they wanted to see rather than what was truly the cause, the sun.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Yeah, but has he found the ring?

Sorosauron...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

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[sauropod]

ping!

[SuzyQue]

Yes, you make my point. Anthropogenic global warming is not science, and is a great example of how to misunderstand and misuse science.

[happygrl]

It may be that Hobbits survived and filled a niche, because of their small size, and lesser nutritional needs.