Sujet : New Hobbit fossils 700,000 years old
De : rokimoto557 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (RonO)
Groupes : talk.originsDate : 07. Aug 2024, 15:30:59
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More ancient Hobbit fossils have been found on the same island, and they were a couple inches shorter than the more modern Hobbits on the island of Flores.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fossils-suggest-early-human-hobbits-ancestors-even-smaller-rcna165493The island is 14,000 sq km in area. The island has supported a population of "pygmy" modern humans that are on average 4 inches shorter than the average Indonesian, but still average over 16 inches taller than the Hobbits. You can have a larger population of smaller individuals, and my guess is that, that has driven the decrease in size of Homo on that island.
Ron Okimoto
New Hobbit fossils 700,000 years old