'Hobbit' Fossils Represent A New Species, Concludes Anthropologist
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 22:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossilized skeletons resembling a mythical 'hobbit' creature represent an entirely new species in humanity's evolutionary chain, according to researchers. Cutting-edge 3D modeling technology was used to connect the fossilized hominid skeletons of the so-called "hobbit people," or Homo floresiensis to the human evolutionary chain.