... hate that name) is now arguing that the species does not belong in the genus Homo. In an article by Cheryl Jones for the Australian, she writes ... Africa "possibly before the evolution of the genus Homo". (The root of the human family tree ... genus would worry some scholars. "They will think it somehow marginalises Homo floresiensis; that it's a clear statement that it is not a member ...

... Flores in the Indonesian archipelago. This discovery of a new human species called Homo floresiensis has spawned much debate with some researchers claiming that the small creatures are really modern humans whose tiny head and brain are ... of a medical condition called microcephaly. Researchers have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a ...

We had just learned about Homo floresiensis in school and were supposed to write a two-page single-spaced paper formulating our own hypotheses on its ... it is that researchers have now confirmed that the ancient Hobbits of Indonesia are a separate species, and not diseased or deformed descendants of Homo sapiens. Homo floresiensis lived in and around the area of Indonesia approximately 94,000 to 13, ...

... Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not ... the Indonesian archipelago. This discovery of a new human species called Homo floresiensis has spawned much debate with some researchers claiming that ... Baab. Source:Eurekalert; "The geometry of hobbits: Homo floresiensis and human evolution." William Jungers ...

... Mike Morwood created an international storm with his discovery of Homo floresiensis -- dubbed the Hobbit because of its small size and big ... Indonesian archipelago. This discovery of a new human species called Homo floresiensis has spawned much debate with some researchers claiming that ... and microcephaly bear no resemblance to the unique anatomy of Homo floresiensis," noted Dr. Baab. Details ...

... Bua cave on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003. Homo floresiensis was about 1 metre(3 feet) ... stone tools and hunted small mammals . Some believe that floresiensis is a dwarf form of Homo erectus based on the evidence that ... the world; could these stories have started with encounters with the species Homo floresiensis? There is often some truth in folk tales and this would be an explanation for ...

... of anatomical evidence to establish that the Hobbit is not just a misplaced australopithecine. This suggests then that Homo floresiensis evolved in its island isolation as an offshoot of Homo erectus (or ... were substantial energetic gains to be had from not growing a large brain. But that may not have been the case for Homo erectus. Perhaps a small group of erectus individuals reached Flores, and ...

... have been following the story of Homo floresiensis, dubbed the Hobbit by the media because of its short stature. In 2003 scientists discovered a fairly complete ... 13,000 to 90,000 years old that are associated with the fossils in such a way that they were almost definitely made by and used by H. floresiensis. These stone tools are more sophisticated than those used by H. erectus and are different ...

... Flores in 2004, sparking theories about our ancient relatives. Since then, scientists have debated whether Homo floresiensis was a descendant of a known human species suffering from some sort of ... them to estimate her weight and height. Their analysis suggests it was unlikely she was a relative of Homo Erectus or other known human species and was instead "probably derived instead from an even ...

... Flores in 2004, sparking theories about our ancient relatives. Since then, scientists have debated whether Homo floresiensis was a descendant of a known human species suffering from some sort of ... them to estimate her weight and height. Their analysis suggests it was unlikely she was a relative of Homo Erectus or other known human species and was instead "probably derived instead from an even ...