Archaeologica.org

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.

Kemet,

There is some discussion here

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

with some good links too.

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

Beags?


Is that your "realistic" avatar?

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

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.

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

Yeah Cogs, that's about what I expected.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.