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Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
Tiny Human Ancestor Found in Asia. Mark Frauenfelder:
 Yow! This is the best thing I've read all year. National Geographic reports that "Scientists have found fossil skeletons of a hobbit-like species of human that grew no larger than a three-year-old modern child. The tiny humans, who had skulls about the size of grapefruits, lived with pygmy elephants and Komodo dragons on a remote island in Indonesia as recently as 13,000 years ago." Link (Thanks, Dave!)
[Boing Boing]
'Hobbit' joins human family tree. The discovery of remains of a tiny species of ancient human is hailed as one of the most sensational finds in decades. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
This is very interesting, perhaps this species was more widespread and is the basis of the gnomes, dwarfs, trolls and similar myths found in different parts of the world...Alfredo
7:24:57 PM 
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