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04/23/08

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Flores Hobbit Controversy Continues

An article in Scientific America asks the question did the Flores Hobbit have a root canal? And if so, does this finally sole the mystery surrounding the true origin of the remains found on the Indonesian island of Flores?

Here is a snippet from the article:

And you thought Frodo had it hard. In what is shaping up to be a battle of Tolkienian proportions, the tiny remains from Flores, Indonesia--paleoanthropology's hobbit--have once again come under attack.

Most paleoanthropologists believe that the hobbit belongs to a new species of human, Homo floresiensis. But now comes word that the specimen used to define the species--a largely complete female skeleton known as LB1--appears to have had some dental work. If so, it would mean that, rather than being an 18,000-year-old representative of a new species, the hobbit was just a modern human with a growth disorder that left it with a brain the size of a grapefruit, among other odd traits, which is what critics have argued all along.

Full article here

Are the remains those of a previously unknown human species given the name Homo floresiensis as so many believe or are you now convinced that they are in fact the remains are those of a diseased modern human? Or will we never know for sure?

What are your thoughts?

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