Wrist bones bolster hobbit status
Ape-like wrists suggest that Homo floresiensis was a distinct species.
More evidence has emerged supporting the theory that the 'hobbits', which lived on the remote Indonesian island of Flores tens of thousands of years ago, were indeed a unique species.
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I love these types of arguments but frankly I wish there were more specimens available to address these ongoing debates. It’s getting tiresome hearing this wrangling about this single find. The discovery of Homo floresiensis could be one of the great stories in human evolution and hopefully we’ll know more once the original research team gets back to the caves in Flores and to the other islands. Hard to believe, but their work was halted by the Indonesian government at one point further adding fuel to this mess.
Of course, I have a vested interest in hoping this story has some validity to it, having written a fictional adventure novel called Flores Girl on the recent find. If you are interested, there is more on this ongoing controversy about Homo floresiensis at www.floresgirl.com
Posted by: Erik John Bertel | September 24, 2007 03:16 PM