Tag Archives: hobbits

A summer for hobbits

Posted on May 9, 2009 by

Two publications in Nature this week 1,2, a special issue of the Journal of Human Evolution, and a conference at Stony Brook University this past month provide new data on the origins of the curious fossil hominin from Ling Bua … Continue reading →

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The hobbit saga continues

Posted on August 27, 2008 by

A news brief from Science Daily details the lastest blow to the hypothesis of insular dwarfism in archaic hominins in Micronesia. This story was a bit unbelievable since it surfaced last spring in National Geographic, but managed to hang around … Continue reading →

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