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New Study Shows Mystery 'Hobbits' Not Humans Like Us (phys.org)

Posted by yaelk on from the who-would-have-thought dept.

According to a study published on Monday, diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not homo sapiens, but rather a different species. The Homo floresiensis, known as "hobbits" since they looked like small humans, were found to be a distinct species based on the layers in the specimens' skulls. This discovery could be the end of one of the most heated arguments in anthropology.

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  1. I was looking forward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    to their new show on TLC

  2. "most heated arguments in anthropology" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do we have to imagine this? More "english gentlemen drinking brandy in front of a stuffed Lion, disagreeing slightly", or more "Thunderdome!!! Two opinions enter, one opinion leaves!"...?

  3. My explanation of this by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Short guys don't get dates, and since money had not been invented yet, the hobbits were selected out.

  4. Re:Ao hobbits was an approriate name by skovnymfe · · Score: 3, Funny

    They sent away their hairdressers and door to door salesmen and phone cleaners, and the ones that didn't die out from phone-transmitted diseases regressed to the point of cavemen due to bad hair and nothing to buy.