May 9th, 2009
The "Hobbit" Debate Continues
May 09, 2009The puzzling fossils known as Homo floresiensis, nicknamed “Hobbit”, continue to provoke discussion. (See the story “Hobbit Symposium Held”, below) Although given the genus name Homo, the fossils found a few years ago in Indonesia exhibit many traits, especially in the hands and feet, of much earlier members of the hominin lineage, particularly Australopithecus afarensis