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Thread #171928   Message #4206614
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
06-Aug-24 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
Subject: RE: Armchair Archaeologist (via Google Earth) pt 2
Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to origins of 'hobbit' In short:

The remains of the smallest adult arm bone in the fossil record and two teeth, found on the Indonesian island of Flores, were dated to be 700,000 years old.

According to a new study, the discovery sheds light on how the tiny, now-extinct human Homo floresiensis, dubbed the "hobbit", evolved.
What's next?

Archaeologists hope to find further fossils to explain why this ancient hobbit individual was so small.