Homo floresiensis

Teorien bygger på fundet af skeletrester på øen Flores. Siden offentliggørelsen i oktober 2004 har der hersket en debat i videnskabskredse, om dette nu virkelig var en selvstændig art, en race af nutidsmennesket eller blot et enkelt eksempel på en pusling. Debatten er fortsat ikke afklaret, da man ikke har ret mange fund fra den tid.

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• March 04 2005 Tiny 'hobbit' was clever, skull shows Citat: "...CAT scans...They said further study of the skull of the creature, nicknamed "the Hobbit" after a literary character, showed it clearly was a normal adult of its species, not a mutant or diseased specimen, as some critics have alleged..."Hobbit's" brain case showed it was related to Homo erectus..."
  • November 06 2004, iol: 'Flores man not a new species' Citat: "...It is not a new species. It is a sub-species of homo sapiens classified under the Austrolomelanesid race...the new skeleton sounded remarkably similar to the Ebu Gogo, strange hairy little people that legend says lived on Flores..."
  • December 26 2004, iol: Indonesian 'hobbit' legends may be factual Citat: "..."They had these big eyes, hair all over their body and spoke in a strange language," said Kua...Jacob, who is currently studying the fossils, says he believed the skull belonged to a human being suffering from a rare brain-shrinking disorder..."
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebu_Gogo
• http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=342417
• Press release from University of New England, Australia, where Profs. Morwood and Brown are Associate Professors.
• Coverage in News @ Nature (does not include the scientific paper)
• Scientific American Interview with Professor Brown
• National Geographic: "Hobbit" Discovered: Tiny Human Ancestor Found in Asia
• BBC News story: 'Hobbit' joins human family tree
• New Scientist article
• Times story: Mystery hobbit man lived alongside humans

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