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Homo floresiensis is not Distinct Human Species, Suggests New Research
Homo floresiensis is not Distinct Human Species, Suggests New ResearchAug 9, 2014 by Sci-News.com
The name Homo floresiensis was invented for nine fragmentary skeletons of small-bodied hominins found in the Liang Bua Cave on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003.
Among the specimens discovered were an 18,000-year-old almost complete skull, labeled LB1, and a partial skeleton.
According to initial studies, LB1 was an adult of about 30, probably female, and had unusual anatomical characteristics – a cranial volume reported as only 380 cubic centimeters (cc), suggesting a brain less than one third the size of an average modern human’s and short thigh bones, which were used to reconstruct a creature standing 1 m tall.
Although LB1 lived about 18,000 years ago, comparisons were made to earlier hominins, including Homo erectus and Australopithecus.
Other traits were characterized as unique and therefore indicative of a distinct species of Homo....
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