"Hobbit" Skull Study: Species Not Human
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 14:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In a an analysis of the size, shape and asymmetry of the cranium of Homo floresiensis, Karen Baab, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Anatomical Scienes at Stony Brook University, and colleagues conclude that the fossil, found in Indonesia in 2003 and known as the "Hobbit," is not human.
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