"Hobbit" Controversy Makes Top 100 Science Stories
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 16:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The December 2008 issue of Discover magazine included in its top 100 science stories of the year studies that back the "new species" theory of the 18,000-year-old hominid found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004. The discovery of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the "the hobbit," remains controversial and could lead to rewriting the story of human evolution.
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