Flores bones show features of Down syndrome, not a new 'hobbit' human
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 05:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
LB1 is shown in three different views to illustrate facial asymmetry. 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.