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Homo floresiensis. Scienctists got the "hobbit" wrong, it seems
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:14 pm
Turns out, it was just someone with Down's Syndrome.
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In October 2004, excavation of fragmentary skeletal remains from the island of Flores in Indonesia yielded what was called 'the most important find in human evolution for 100 years.' Its discoverers dubbed the find Homo floresiensis, a name suggesting a previously unknown species of human.
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LB1's short thighbones not only match the height reduction seen in Down syndrome, Eckhardt said, but when corrected statistically for normal growth, they would yield a stature of about 1.26 meters, or just over four feet, a figure matched by some humans now living on Flores and in surrounding regions.
These and other Down-like characteristics, the researchers state, are present only in LB1, and not in the other Liang Bua skeletal remains, further evidence of LB1's abnormality.
"This work is not presented in the form of a fanciful story, but to test a hypothesis: Are the skeletons from Liang Bua cave sufficiently unusual to require invention of a new human species?" Eckhardt said
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:15 pm to Alahunter
Pic?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:17 pm to UMRealist
This post was edited on 8/6/14 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:07 pm to Alahunter
This is a modern day Indonesian with Down Syndrome. They're a small people and a Down Syndrome case 15,000 years ago could easily be what the H. floresiensis fossils represent.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:03 pm to Alahunter
The different species listed has always fascinated me. A quick Google shows some samples only have 1 specimen while some haven't had DNA successfully extracted from them.
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