Mungkin mereka itu seperti "Hotentot" di Afrika, yang tinggi badannya tidak melebihi 120 cm.
Selain itu dikabarkan bahwa ada mahluk tinggi dan besar a la Big Foot di USA, Yeti di Himalaya. Di Afrika di pedalaman Kongo namanya: Mbebe Mukele. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Gagho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ppiindia@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:57 PM Subject: [ppiindia] Fosil Manusia Cebol ditemukan di Indonesia > Dwarf Human Fossils! The recently discovered "Hobbit" > fossils may completely change how scientists view > human evolution. Last October, a team of Australian > and Indonesian archeologists discovered the 18,000 > year old bones of a female hobbit, a new human > species, in the island of Flores. Experts assume that > the isolated island in Indonesia, was colonized by > humans as early as 800,000 B.C.E. However, from at > least 95,000 years ago until around 12,000 years ago, > it was occupied by these tiny humans, which grew to be > only three feet (about a meter) tall - prompting > scientists to name them "hobbits" after J.R. Tolkiens' > Lord of the Rings. > > Despite having brains the size of a chimpanzee's (as > big as a ripe grapefruit), these little humans hunted > animals twice their size, hunted and butchered with > stone tools, and cooked with fire. The discovery has > turned our understanding of human evolution upside > down. For a long time, scientists had assumed that > human evolution was directly proportional to the > increases in brain size. The shocking discovery has > made many scientists question these assumptions, and > some are convinced that the "organization" of the > brain must have been at least as important as the > increases in brain size - if not more important. > > Although much smaller than in modern humans, the > hobbit's frontal lobe contains a region known as > Brodmann's Area 10, which in modern humans, is > associated with cognitive processes, such as planning > ahead and taking initiative. In comparison to Homo > Erectus, the Hobbit has larger temporal lobes, which > are associated with better hearing and understanding > speech. > > Scientists have long believed that the Neanderthals > went extinct about 30,000 years ago, and that the Homo > Sapiens was the only human species left on the planet. > The discovery that another quite different, and much > smaller, human species existed as late as 13, 000 > years ago is shocking. According to the team of > archaeologists that found the hobbit fossils, the > hobbits' small stature was the result of a phenomenon > known as "island dwarfing". Over thousands of years, > the theory goes, their bodies adapted to the > constraints of island living in the same way that many > other mammals, such as the dwarf elephants found on > the island Cyprus. When there is a significant > shortage in the food supply, animals tend to adjust to > the new circumstances by reducing their body sizes so > that they can survive on less food and energy. Another > possibility is that the Hobbits may have been tiny > prior to their arrival to the island of Flores. They > may have belonged to an unknown species of humans that > left Africa about 1.8 million years ago. > In either case, the discovery of tiny humans > comparably as clever as modern humans, hints at the > possibility that the legends of giant humans, such as > the famous Golliath, may have some truth in them. If, > in the past, dwarf humans existed, then, there is no > reason to assume that giants could not have existed > either. > > > > Mario Gagho > Agra University > www.ppi-india.org > --------- > A WINNER works harder than a loser and has more time. > A LOSER is always "too busy" to do what is necessary. > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! 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