Homo Floresiensis

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A recently discovered—first published in 2004—species of the phylogenetic tribe Homini—which comprises Homo sapiens and two species of chimpanzees—found on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Researchers unearthed remains from 8 individuals measuring ±1 meter tall and having grapefruit-sized skulls. The remains were carbon dated as having lived 18,000 years ago. Despite controversy surrounding the discovery, cladistic analysis supports the assertion that H floresiensis is a species a sui generis

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floresiensis), who have been recognized based on their skeletal morphology, the Denisovans were the first hominin groups identified through genetic evidence.

A brief overview of the last 10 years of major late Pleistocene discoveries in the old world: Homo floresiensis, Neanderthal, and Denisovan

floresiensis, as well as samples of DNA, which should "settle the dispute once and for all," Roberts says.

A big discovery about little people

It walked on bipeds and climbed trees, was squat like floresiensis, and existed in Luzon 67,000 years ago.

Mere specks of life, yet gifted with eternity

It then comes bang up to date with a two-page spread dealing with the significance of the latest addition to our evolutionary history--Homo floresiensis (perhaps better known as the 'Hobbit').

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floresiensis remains, provided an initial estimate of when these diminutive hominids died out.

Hobbits died out earlier than thought: disappearance coincided with Homo sapiens' arrival in region

floresiensis make this an uncertain claim even for the Australasian region.

The First Boat People

"The mosaic of structural traits clearly distinguishes it from other species of the genusHomo, especially from the contemporary species known in Southeast Asia such asHomo sapiensandHomo floresiensis," said the researchers, respectively referring to species of modern humans and another species discovered in Indonesia in 2004.

Fossils of new human species discovered in Philippines cave

floresiensis or a closely related lineage was responsible for the Sulawesi artifacts," says Harvard University archaeologist Christian Tryon, who did not participate in the new excavations.

Mystery hominid settled Sulawesi: stone tools point to early colonization of remote island

Together with the bones, the researchers uncovered a number of delicate stone tools thought to have been used by floresiensis.

We may not be the only humans on Earth

The species, known as Homo floresiensis, was approximately (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/08/481263190/fossils-suggest-that-island-life-shrank-our-hobbit-relatives) the size of a chimpanzee  or about three-feet high with a small brain and long arms.

New 'Hobbit' Fossils Shed Light On Ancient Hominin

floresiensis was a dwarf species that evolved from this larger one, according to the New Scientist.