Can anyone tell me more about the hobbit remains found?

Kemet · Post by **Kemet** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:07 pm

You may recall the astonishing reports last year about the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a previously unknown species of human that lived as recently as 13,000 years ago — more recently than the Neanderthals. And unlike the Neanderthals, who are usually described as nasty and brutish, the Flores people were short. A fully grown adult would have been about the same size as one of our kindergartners. When a team of Australian and Indonesian scientists found the first Homo floresiensis, in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, its members started referring to her as a “hobbit.” The nickname stuck.

Manystones · Post by **Manystones** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:14 pm

Kemet,

There is some discussion here

http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=flores

with some good links too.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:43 pm

Kemet, there are several different views about the Flores "Hobbitt". My own personal view is that a group of people on an isolated island found themselves in the same position as the pygmy mammoths on Santa Rosa island.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/chis/pygmy.htm

Flores was found to be inhabited by H. Erectus in great antiquity. However he got there, he evidently was eventually trapped there. The reason for his downsizing is the same as the mammoths', in my opinion.

Cheers

Post by **Minimalist** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:46 pm

Beags?

Is that your "realistic" avatar?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:50 pm

No, I just did that on a lark. I haven't had time to go through my pics yet.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:53 pm

Actually, when I posted a picture of a Beagle, I was expecting someone to tell me that it was a much better looking picture of myself.

Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:59 pm

Beags, I'm not sure that I see much difference between the first one and this one, what's up?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:03 pm

Yeah Cogs, that's about what I expected.

fossiltrader · Post by **fossiltrader** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:13 pm

Hi as i said in private message happy to put you in touch with Mike Morewod cheers fossil

Post by **Minimalist** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:06 pm

Beagle wrote:Actually, when I posted a picture of a Beagle, I was expecting someone to tell me that it was a much better looking picture of myself.

Arch wrote for me to tell you that the hard on was in the wrong place.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:37 pm

Uh...I think I'm missing something here. I'll check with you.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:17 pm

Never mind...I got it. For you Arch -

Post by **Minimalist** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:48 pm

Kind of a risque comment for a bible-thumper, eh?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:51 pm

That's exactly why I didn't get it at first.

Tell him that he's goin' to hell for that one.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:55 pm

Pardons to Kemet for mucking up his topic - but I've got a load of company coming in tomorrow. So...you know what I'll be doing.

Humbug.

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