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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."

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  1. Remnants by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the third age...

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  2. alpha build.. by rucs_hack · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Re:So... by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course. They were created along with the mountain and the trees.

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    ... I'm addicted to placebos
  4. Re:Not new by ScentCone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look up the Bog people

    They a e the Bo g. esistance is futile.

    (there was a serious "R" shortage back then)

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    Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
  5. Re:how small? by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How small, you ask? Why are we soooo focused on size? Size doesn't matter. Ask my wife.......oh wait..........uh....strike that.

  6. Re:Not new by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Funny

    "(there was a serious "R" shortage back then)"

    Ahh, the time before Pirates.

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    "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
  7. Re:Not new by fitten · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or right after... as the pirates had used up the supply and it took some time to get more.

  8. Re:Not new by residieu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must have been really hot back then