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----- Original Message ----- From: "imuchtarom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ppiindia@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: [ppiindia] Re: Fosil Manusia Cebol ditemukan di Indonesia > > > lho, bung Mario, berita ini rasanya > kan udah lama diberitakan di media massa ... (2004) > termasuk polemik antara Prof. Teuku Jakob dan > ilmuwan Australi yang terlibat. > > sayangnya pada artikel yang anda kutip tidak > ikut dimuat sumber (nama majalah) dan tanggal > penulisan artikel tsb. > > Arsip diskusinya mungkin masih dapat dibaca di > arsip milis * evolusi * > > < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evolusi > > > ===( ihm )========================================= > > > --- In ppiindia@yahoogroups.com, Mario Gagho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia > yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://www.ppi-india.org > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. > 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, http://dear.to/ppi > 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. 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