Archive
Keyword - Flores man
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Will the hobbit argument ever be resolved? - Premium content
Debate over tiny human's evolutionary status is set to rage on.
25 August 2006
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Critics silenced by scans of hobbit skull - Premium content
Comparisons with pygmies and chimps bolster new species claim.
3 March 2005
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muse@nature.com: Kicking the hobbit habit - Premium content
The nickname for the new hominid Homo floresiensis has its advantages, but will the label obscure the true importance of the find, asks Henry Gee.
8 November 2004
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muse@nature.com: Flores, God and Cryptozoology - Premium content
The discovery of Homo floresiensis raises hopes for yeti hunters and, says Henry Gee, poses thorny questions about the uniqueness of Homo sapiens.
27 October 2004
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A stranger from Flores - Premium content
When a new fossil is found it is often claimed that it will rewrite the anthropological textbooks. But in the case of an astonishing new discovery from Indonesia, this claim is fully justified.
27 October 2004
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Interview: The Flores find - Premium content
For the archaeologists who unearthed and studied the Flores skeleton, the discovery is a potentially career-defining event. So how did they greet the find, and has it changed their ideas about human evolution? News@nature.com asked Peter Brown, who led the analysis, and Mike Morwood, who directed the dig, for their reflections.
27 October 2004
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