Fyndet av småmänniskor, "hobbitar" på ca 1 meter i Indonesien fick forskarna att häpna. Efter att de indonesiska myndigheterna hindrade forskarna tillgång till platsen där de sensationella fynden gjords så har man nu gett med sig och tillåter fortsatta utgrävningar i den s.k "Hobbitgrottan."

"The Hobbit's discoverers are adamant it is an entirely separate human species that evolved a small size in isolation on its remote Indonesian island home of Flores.

Skeletal remains were discovered by an Australian-Indonesian research team in Liang Bua, a limestone cave deep in the Flores jungle, in 2003.

Researchers found one near-complete skeleton, which they named LB1, along with the remains of at least eight other individuals.

Vertically challenged

LB1 was an adult female who lived 18,000 years ago, stood just 1m (3ft) tall and possessed a brain size of around 400 cubic cm (24 cu inches) - about the same as that of a chimp.

Long arms, a sloping chin and other primitive features suggested affinities to ancient human species such as Homo erectus and even earlier ones such as Homo habilis and Australopithecus.

Map, BBC
These observations could imply that humanlike creatures - hominids, or hominins - reached island South-East Asia much earlier than had been thought.

The find caused a sensation when it was unveiled in 2004, because it suggested human evolution had been much more complicated in South-East Asia than previously imagined. It also showed that another species of human had survived into "modern" times."


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Lucy min mormor ???

Men vetenskapen kan väl inte ha haft fel?? Dessa vetenskapsmän/kvinnor kommer att få grubbla mkt och skriva om historian om dom saker som kommer att dyka upp..