Is the Homo floresiensis phenotype due to mutations in the PCNT gene?
Again with more confusing back and forthing…. but this time we leave the Neandertals and focus in on debate over whether or not Homo floresiensis is a novel species. New research published in Science,...
View ArticleWatch NOVA’s “Alien From Earth,” premiering tomorrow Tuesday, November 11 at...
You may have gotten a heads up from John Hawks that a new documentary on Homo floresiensis is around the bend. It is actually going to air tomorrow and you should catch it. It is titled “Alien From...
View ArticleHobbits In The Haystack: Homo floresiensis And Human Evolution
The 7th Human Evolution Symposium, Hobbits in the Haystack: Homo floresiensis and Human Evolution was held yesterday at Stony Brook. Turnouts were great despite damp and rainy weather. Convened by...
View ArticleHobbits Might Not Be A Homo After All
The controversies over the hobbits or Homo floresiensis just refuse to end. It seems that the hobbits might not be a Homo after all. I guess they found the index and ring fingers of the hobbits (Sorry,...
View ArticleHobbits Are Indeed A Separate Species, Said Researchers.
Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York confirmed that the Hobbits, or Homo floresiensis, are indeed a separate “human” species instead of a population of diseases Homo...
View ArticleThe Hobbit: A Homo habilis Lineage?
When the 3 and 1/2 foot Homo floresiensis was discovered and the age of the new species correlated with the the same time Neanderthals were dying in Europe and humans colonized Asia a lot of arms and...
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