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Discovery of Hobbit fossil sparks debate on human evolution
In Chicago researchers report seven tiny bones from Flores Indonesia belong to a dwarfed human species with a brain about the size of a grapefruit. Some scientists call it a new species, others say a pygmy Homo erectus or a microcephalic. The finding fuels debate over brain size, tool use, and evolutionary history.
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Chicago
Science
Flores
Southeast Asia
Dean Falk
Florida State University
Africa
Falk
Earth
Washington University
Charles Hildebolt
Martin
Milford Wolpoff
University of Michigan
Wolpoff
Hildebolt
Thomas Sutikna
Indonesian Centre For Archaeology
Jakarta
Indonesia