Umm ... this is hardly news, is it? All these stories date from 2004. -- b
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html > > FLORES MAN > > It sounds too incredible to be true, but this is not a hoax. A species > of tiny human has been discovered, which lived on the remote > Indonesian island of Flores just 18,000 years ago. > > Researchers have unearthed remains from individuals who were just one > metre tall, with grapefruit-sized skulls. These astonishing little > people, nicknamed 'hobbits', made tools, hunted tiny elephants and > lived at the same time as modern humans who were colonizing the area. > > Nature news tells the story of a find that changes the world of > palaeoanthropology, and challenges our perception of what it means to > be human. > > <snip, lots more at URL> > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >
