Hobbit Is A New Species

Migraineman writes "Over the last year or so, archaeologists in Indonesia unearthed skulls and bones from eight proto-humanoids. Critics have claimed the meter-tall specimens were either pygmies or "aberrant individuals with a pathological condition" like microcephaly. A recent article in Science[subscription] rebuffs the critics, and claims that the specimens are actually a new species - Homo floresiensis. There's a summary article over at Nature."

Comments

Midgets or Retards?

[lushman]

The biggest argument here is whether they are midgets, retards, or retarded midgets.

But does it run linux?

Re: The whole idea of a missing link

[Black Parrot]

> One would think that if evolution is true, and species evolved from one specie to another, it's only logical we would find a lot of fossil evidence of these hybrid species, not to mention hybrid species living today.

I don't know what you mean by "hybrid species", but if you want "intermediate forms" you need only look at the wide range of aquatic mammals.

To say nothing of the fossil record.