Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia

M. J. Morwood (), P. Brown (), Jatmiko, T. Sutikna, E. Wahyu Saptomo, K. E. Westaway, Rokus Awe Due, R. G. Roberts, T. Maeda, S. Wasisto and T. Djubiantono
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M. J. Morwood: University of New England
P. Brown: University of New England
Jatmiko: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
T. Sutikna: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
E. Wahyu Saptomo: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
K. E. Westaway: University of Wollongong
Rokus Awe Due: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
R. G. Roberts: University of Wollongong
T. Maeda: University of New England
S. Wasisto: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
T. Djubiantono: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7061, 1012-1017

Abstract: Flores hominins multiply The discovery of a small-bodied hominin from the late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia, caused a great deal of interest. Its classification as a new species was controversial, but now there is more evidence for the endemic human species, Homo floresiensis. The remains excavated at Liang Bua on Flores include another tiny adult mandible, 15,000 years old, and the right arm bones of the original find, known as LB1. The new findings confirm the presence of a long-term dwarfed population from before 74,000 to 12,000 years ago and argue against the idea that LB1 was an individual with a growth disorder. There is also evidence for the use of fire, and butchery of the mammoth-like Stegodon.

Date: 2005
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