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Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered In Palau
seattle-pk writes to let us know about the discovery in the Pacific island nation of Palau of thousands of human bones, some quite diminutive. The find is likely to rekindle the debate about how to classify the remains found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003. "Some of the bones are ancient and indicate inhabitants of particularly small size, scientists announced today. The remains are between 900 and 2,900 years old and align with Homo sapiens, according to a paper on the discovery. However, the older bones are tiny and exhibit several traits considered primitive, or archaic, for the human lineage."
From the third age...
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Where's the tricksyhobbitses tag when you need it?
Glory be, Leprechans found in the South Pacific just before Saint Patrick's Day! I wonder if they found any whiskey bottles or Guiness there as well? And pots of gold?
I'd link me latest wee journal (Sane Patty's Day) if the bloomin' mods wouldn't mod me offtopic. Oi'll drink to yer health tonight! Cheers!
-mcgrew
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Silly everyone.
These are just the pre-alpha build humans that god made while he was in the preliminary human creation development cycle. Height wasn't increased until Homo-Sapiens RC-1.
I mean really, if you're going to go poring over dev code, you've got to expect some pretty weird stuff.
Of course. They were created along with the mountain and the trees.
Look up the Bog people
They a e the Bo g. esistance is futile.
(there was a serious "R" shortage back then)
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
How small, you ask? Why are we soooo focused on size? Size doesn't matter. Ask my wife.......oh wait..........uh....strike that.
"(there was a serious "R" shortage back then)"
Ahh, the time before Pirates.
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
...although I also hear that they found an ancient road apparently made from unusual yellow bricks as well as a strangely built ruins of a wooden tomb which only seems to contain the upper half of a female skeleton.
ewoks
Or right after... as the pirates had used up the supply and it took some time to get more.
Must have been really hot back then
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
It worked! The Debigulator worked!
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
"Pilates"?
You're an otter? How do you keep your PC from shorting out in all that water?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!