On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> 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. > Coincidentally, I attended a talk yesterday by Dr. Alice Roberts about the origins of humans, and one of the chief interests was the 'hobbit' skeleton from Indonesia. Most members of the audience (around 750 in all) were amazed that human population all descended from a single Eve from Africa. Dr. Alice Roberts is an anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and a TV presenter. http://www.alice-roberts.co.uk/ C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +447940289855
