Arxheologist find Hobbit remais

[Lefty Scaevola]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&u=/nm/20041027/sc_nm/science_hominid_dc_1&printer=1
Reuters) - Scientists in Australia have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island in a discovery that adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution.
The partial skeleton of Homo floresiensis, found in a cave on the island of Flores, is of an adult female that was a meter (3 feet) tall, had a chimpanzee-sized brain and was substantially different from modern humans.
It shared the isolated island to the east of Java with miniature elephants and Komodo dragons. The creature walked upright, probably evolved into its dwarf size because of environmental conditions and coexisted with modern humans in the region for thousands of years.

[Nurvingiel]

There's already this thread in the GM forum! :p :D

[Lefty Scaevola]

the GM forum! I rarely go slumming beneath to the 'under the bar' forums.

[Olmer]

I rarely go slumming beneath to the 'under the bar' forums.
Neither am I. ;)
There is very interesting book writen by anthropologists Ian Tattersal and Jefrey Schuartz "The Extinct Human". According to them today's antropology presents convincing evidence that over 15 different species of human have existed over the time and during the period of 3 to 1 million years ago.
At some time about 10 of different species of human existed simultaniously.
But upon of all convincing evidence of the different humanoids there is one puzzling question without the answer:How come that right now is only a single one human-type?

Did Tolkien foresaw it in some way, saying that the time comes of the Dominion of the Men? :)

[Elvengirl]

Frodo lived!



Very interestig article Lefty.
I think it is quite possible Olmer.

[Sister Golden Hair]

LOL! Sorry Lefty, I beat you to it. I posted it yesterday morning in GMs. Closing. :)