New fossils shed light on the origin of 'hobbits'

New fossils shed light on the origin of 'hobbits' Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 10, 2016 - Griffith University researchers are part of an international team of scientists that has announced the discovery of ancestors of Homo floresiensis - the enigmatic species of pygmy-like humans discovered more than a decade ago on the Indonesian island of Flores. In September 2003, the partial skeleton of a primitive human adult female was excavated from Liang Bua, a limestone cave in the we ... more

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