Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis

Adam Brumm (), Fachroel Aziz, Gert D. van den Bergh, Michael J. Morwood, Mark W. Moore (), Iwan Kurniawan, Douglas R. Hobbs and Richard Fullagar
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Adam Brumm: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Fachroel Aziz: Geological Research and Development Centre
Gert D. van den Bergh: Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History
Michael J. Morwood: School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England
Mark W. Moore: School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England
Iwan Kurniawan: Geological Research and Development Centre
Douglas R. Hobbs: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong
Richard Fullagar: University of Sydney

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7093, 624-628

Abstract: Tools of the trade The brain of Homo floresiensis, the small hominids popularly known as ‘hobbits’, was so small that the species' capacity for stone tool manufacture has been questioned. Instead, it is argued that modern humans made the stone tools found in association with H. floresiensis in Liang Bua cave, in western Flores, Indonesia. Now a new study of 840,000-year-old stone artefacts from Mata Menge in central Flores points to an immigration of toolmakers to the region long before Homo sapiens existed. These tools are similar to the much more recent artefacts found at Liang Bua, suggesting continuity, and probable tool-making abilities for H. floresiensis.

Date: 2006
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