The hobbit at 10
The remains of the tiny hominin Homo floresiensis (nicknamed the ‘hobbit’) still raise supersize questions ten years after the publication in Nature of their discovery in a cave on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia. This collection of reporting, comment and research — new and from Nature’s archives — examines the controversy surrounding the origins and validity of this species, including whether it belongs in our genus, Homo.
Nature Collections: Homo Floresiensis – the ‘hobbit’ 10 years on
The remains of the tiny hominin Homo floresiensis still raise supersize questions ten years after the publication in Nature of their discovery. This collection of reporting, comment and research — new and from Nature’s archives — examines the controversy surrounding the origins of this species, including whether it belongs in our genus, Homo.
Nature (22 October 2014)
In October 2004, paleontologists announced a new human species called Homo floresiensis. Ever since then, debate has raged on whether it truly is a new species or merely a diseased Homo sapiens.
Scientific American (23 October 2014)
It sounds too incredible to be true, but this is not a hoax. A species of tiny human has been discovered, which lived on the remote Indonesian island of Flores just 18,000 years ago.
Nature (27 October 2004)
Homo floresiensis lived on the island of Flores until a few thousand years ago, and appears to have been able to make stone tools, hunt, butcher and cook the pygmy elephants with which it shared its island home.
Nature (13 October 2005)
