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How a hobbit is rewriting the history of the human race

The discovery of the bones of tiny primitive people on an Indonesian island six years ago stunned scientists. Now, further research suggests
that the little apemen, not Homo erectus, were the first to leave Africa and colonise other parts of the world, reports Robin McKie


A painting of what researchers believe Homo floresiensis may
have looked like. Illustration: Peter Schouten

Robin McKie
Sunday 21 February 2010 11.49 AEDT
Last modified on Thursday 11 February 2016 02.37 AEDT

It remains one of the greatest human fossil discoveries of all time. The bones of a race of tiny primitive people, who used stone tools
to hunt pony-sized elephants and battle huge Komodo dragons, were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/feb/21/hobbit-rewriting-history-human-race .. from within


New research has revealed that Neanderthals died out within a few
thousand years of the appearance of Homo sapiens. Photograph: BBC

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/02/why-did-neanderthals-die-out .. your link.

.. the more i read of those times the closer i feel to them, so the fuller and more fulfilling living feels today .. cool stuff .. thank you .. :)

Update: damn, look at them! .. they are us, and we all of star stuff from so far away .. think of it .. the scope and the majesty of it all!